Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 5c green & carmine, Maltese Cross border, margins clear on three sides, into at foot, tied by partial Baton Rouge c.d.s. to cover with GEORGE A. PIKE corner card in blue, to Mount Lebanon, Louisiana, a few opening tears at top and some adhesion repairs to reverse, a rare usage, one of only six recorded examples in the Crown census showing the Pike advertisement, ex Meroni.