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lot # 1663 - The Stephen B. Pacetti Collection of the 1861-1867 1¢ Blue Carrier & Local Usages
Philadelphia Pa Aug 21 1861. Octagonal datestamp on light buff cover bearing 1¢ blue (63) and 3¢ rose (65), each cancelled by matching circled grid cancels on Morton correspondence cover to Academia Pa., prepaid 1¢ carrier to the mail carrier fee plus 3¢ domestic letter rate, original 1861 enclosure included, manuscript verse at left; cover and 3¢ faulty, Fine, Discussed in Don L. Evans, The United States 1¢ Franklin 1861-67 on pages 153-154., ex-Unicover Museum, Evans, "Aristocrat".
Scott No. 63; Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
THE EARLIEST DOCUMENTED USE OF THE 1¢ 1861 ISSUE, ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED COVERS USED ON AUGUST 21ST 1861.
Scott 63
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