1929 Kansas-Nebraska Overprints #658-679

1929 Kansas-Nebraska Overprints #658-679
During the 1920s, rural Kansas and Nebraska post offices suffered many burglaries. U.S. postal officials believed that sales of stolen stamps out of state would be made more difficult by overprinting the name of each state on definitive issues. In the end, though, the experiment a failure due to the confusion created among both postal clerks and the public.