Lot Details

122L1, Prince's Letter Dispatch, Portland, ME, 1861 Black, single tied by indistinct cancel to cover to Boston with 1861 3c Rose (65, natural s.e.) tied by "Hallowell Me Mar 14" datestamp, local with light horizontal crease at bottom, cover with small nick to the right of the stamp and just reduced, very fine and rare, as few as a dozen covers known with this possibly the unique example cancelled at Hallowell, not listed in Larry Lyons' 2002 census (Penny Post Vol. 10, No. 4), 2022 Philatelic Foundation certificate (Scott $8,000)