Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Messrs. Hoyer” in article 10 of The Daily Dispatch: October 17, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...tofore seriously taxed the public endurance.
The stamps are of the size of those in use by the old U. S. Government, are colored green, and ornamented with a very excellent bust of President Davis. Messrs. Hoyer & Ludwig, of this city, have the credit of supplying the Government with these needed articles.
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