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Oct 19, 2018 · J.C. Ayer & Company purchased between 25% and 30% of Gault’s total output, or approximately 200,000 encased postage. For every dollar Ayer spent he could buy: thirty-three 1¢ encasements at 3¢ each, twenty 3¢ encasements at 5¢ each, fourteen 5¢ encasements at 7¢ each, or. eight 10¢ encasements at 12¢ each, etc.
Gault wasn’t the only one looking for a solution, however. Not long after he patented his invention, the government issued postage currency on August 21, 1862. They also issued fractional currency and began producing more brass and copper-nickel coins in 1863, reducing the need for Gault’s encased postage. In spite of this, encased postage was quite popular.
Apr 30, 2024 · John Galt (born May 2, 1779, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scot.—died April 11, 1839, Greenock, Renfrewshire) was a prolific Scottish novelist admired for his depiction of country life. Galt settled in London in 1804. Commissioned by a merchant firm to establish trade agreements, he travelled to the Mediterranean area, where he met the poet Byron, with ...
Dr John Gault was born and raised in Northern Ireland where he studied and received his formal qualification in Medicine at Queens University in Belfast. Dr Gault relocated to Australia early in his medical career and completed his Fellowship in General Surgery with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Surgeons.
Aug 11, 2006 · John Gault Obituary. JOHN T. "JACK" on Aug. 9, 2006. Beloved husband of the late Florence (nee Somers). Dear stepfather of Marisa (Tim) Shiffler, Walter (Debbie) Price, Stephen (Cheryl) Price ...
Feb 2, 2009 · John C. Gault INMAN, SC-- John Cleveland Gault, 73, of 12 Leonard Street, Inman, SC died Friday, January 30, 2009 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born June 2, 1935, in Spartanburg County, he was the
John Gault. In the USA, John Gault, a Boston sewing machine salesman, proposed the encasement of stamps in circular metal discs made of brass with a mica front, into which a postage stamp could be installed. It received a patent in August of 1862 for “Design for Encasing Government Stamps.”
