The surprise announcement of a 4¢ commemorative stamp for the first United States automated post office was reported in the Sept. 12, 1960, issue of Linn’s. The stamp (Scott 1164) was to be issued Oct. 20, 1960. The stamp shows the new post office in Providence, R.I.
George W. Linn used his editorial to review a new book: Nassau Street by Herman Herst Jr.
"There are many interesting before and behind the scenes tales concerned with retail stamp dealing, and Herst knows many of them," he said. "He has been involved in a number at home and abroad and tells of them in a captivating manner."
Stamp dealer Gustave H. Fabian of Hempstead, N.Y., advertised plate blocks of United States Scott 314, the blue green 1¢ Benjamin Franklin stamp of 1906, for $17.
Today, a mint never-hinged plate block catalogs at $325.