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Lot 495

full margins, tied by black "Boyd's City Dispatch 39 Fulton St. May 2 1866" circular datestamp with matching "Paid" on locally-addressed cover, stamp light oxidation, still fine and attractive, the earliest recorded use of the 1866 2c issue on cover, the plate from the 1855-56 stamps was used by the Blackhams to prepare new 2c stamps in 1866 (Scott $250)