Lot Details

Cleveland, Ohio, Bishop’s City Post, (1c) blue, mostly large to very large margins, close at upper left, fresh and deep color, tied to cover by red "Cleveland O / Paid / Feb / 9" c.d.s. with "10" in manuscript written overtop of 9, on cover to Conrad Armstrong, Attorney at Law on South 4th Street, with enclosed letter, adhesive with tear at left, just touching frameline, cover with some pressed creases, portion torn from back flap, and multiple adhesion remnants on reverse, nevertheless a rare on-cover example of this City Post, one of only seven recorded in the Allen census, and the only one with the stamp tied to cover, signed Costales, Jakubek; ex Golden, Boker.