New Orleans, Louisiana, 1861, 2c red brown on bluish paper, exceptionally large margins at left and right, with adjacent framelines showing at top and bottom, tied to cover to Baton Rouge by neatly-struck New Orleans LA c.d.s. (3 Sep), docketing on reverse presumably by recipient notes year of 1861, a very early usage thus, some adhesions to reverse and flap mostly removed, but a choice on-cover example, ex Knapp.