American Letter Mail Company stamps

The American Letter Mail Company was started by Lysander Spooner (1808 - 1887) was an American political philosopher, abolitionist, and legal theorist of the 19th century. Also known as the Father of Affordable Postage in the United States. He is best known for his role in the abolitionist movement to end slavery and for his contributions to the political... Lysander Spooner in 1844 order to compete with the A USPS Truck at Night A U.S. Post Office sign The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government organization responsible for providing postal service in the United States and is generally referred to as the post office. It was created in 1775 by decree of the... United States Postal Service In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek of the product or service; it should also, strictly, be distinguished from the (similar) phenomenon of a cartel. In a monopoly a (coercive monopoly) from those that arise and are maintained by consistently outcompeting all other firms. Legal monopoly A monopoly based on... monopoly. To be competitive, he offered lower prices for mail delivery. The U.S. government challenged Spooner, eventually exhausting his resources, forcing him to cease operations.

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• J.R. Greene, Stamp-ing Around (http://www.lysanderspooner.org/STAMP1.htm)
• Sherman Lee Pompey, "Father of 3-cent Stamp" Spooner fought Post Office (http://www.lysanderspooner.org/STAMP2.htm)
• Lucille J. Goodyear, Spooner vs U.S. Postal System (http://www.lysanderspooner.org/STAMP3.htm)
• Who Caused the Reduction of Postage? Ought He to be Paid? by Lysander Spooner (http://www.lysanderspooner.org/WCROP.htm)