Lot Details

blue datestamp on folded lettersheet to Rockville, Connecticut, franked with 1847 5c Dark brown (1a, three large margins and just in at top), stamp with blue "5" rate handstamp and two pen strokes, manuscript "Paid" at top right, cover light wrinkles and few natural bleach spots, fine appearance, the only recorded 1847 Issue cover from Lynn which did not receive either denomination, accompanied by February 18, 1849 stampless cover with the same blue datestamp and "Paid" and "10" markings, 5c cover ex-Craveri (USPCS Census #4196)