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Lot 2372

red datestamp with matching arched "Ship" (Clarke 511) and manuscript "52" rate on incoming folded lettersheet from London to New York City, dated January 21, 1809, endorsed "p Mary, via Philadelphia", very fine, 52c paid quadruple the 12½c rate plus 2c ship letter fee, sent during the Embargo period but arrived after the Non-Intercourse Act