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Lot 485

huge margins, tied by black "Paid J.T.B." with second strike alongside, matching "Boyd's City Express Post Jun 24 4" oval on 1856 folded letter to local street address, very fine, the earliest recorded use of the eighth issue brick red stamp, the brick red and orange stamps were is use for only a few months each in 1856 (Scott $500)