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March United States Postal History
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
LOT# : 1014
Date: March 28, 2023
Illinois Postal History
large red 36mm circular datestamp on 1851 folded letter to Westfield, New York, matching "Paid" handstamp, light wear and vertical crease away from postmark, very fine strike, the earlier of the two known examples of this postmark, which was the first employed by Chicago to incorporate the rate into the datestamp (after the rate reduction of July 1, 1851), a rare and important postmark
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Starting Price: $50
Hammer Price: $230