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Lot 3096

double circle datestamp ties 1861 1c Blue (63) to locally-addressed cover, originally franked with 1857 1c Blue, Type V (24) and two-line "Held for Postage" applied, September 30, 1861 backstamp (the date originally posted) confirms this as an attempted demonetized usage, light wear, very fine, a spectacular cover demonstrating the transition from pre-Civil War stamps to the new 1861 issue