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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jhinton, post: 1266334, member: 24410&quot;]<b><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial">The Meaning of S.T. 1860.X</font></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial">Posted on October 1st, 2010 by Editor in </font></span><a href="http://news.stacks.com/category/did-you-know/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.stacks.com/category/did-you-know/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #901808"><font face="Arial">Did You Know?</font></span></a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]137734.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial">Do you know the meaning of S.T. 1860.X? Among the most plentiful encased postage stamps issued as monetary substitutes in 1862, when coins were hoarded and rarely found in circulation, are those issued to advertise Drake’s Plantation Bitters. Put up in log-cabin shaped bottles, the nostrum was mainly alcohol, and was said to cure just about every affliction known to the human race. The subject of much speculation was the cabalistic inscription at the top of the reverse “S.T. 1860 X.” What did it mean? Hmmm. What did it mean? </font></span><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial"></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial"></font></span><span style="color: #ff0000"><font face="Arial">edited</font></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial"></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #1e1e1e"><font face="Arial">Edit: This is reposted from Stack&#039;s Bowers Website</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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