DESCRIPTION

Providence, Rhode Island, 5¢ Gray Black (10X1), Position 9, mostly large margins to full at sides, cancelled by manuscript check mark, red “Providence R.I. Sep. 16” circular datestamp, matching “PAID” and “5” handstamps on folded letter datelined “Providence 16 Sept./46” to Dr. Chauncey Booth, McLean Asylum in East Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROVENANCE

* Marc Haas, Siegel Auction Galleries, 4/22/1980, Sale 561, lot 22

CENSUS, LITERATURE AND EXHIBITION REFERENCES

* USPCS census no. 21018

* https://www.uspcs.org/resource-center/censuses/postmasters-provisionals-cover-census/

* Slater census no. 8

CERTIFICATION

* The Philatelic Foundation (1992)

CONDITION NOTES

* Very Fine stamp with small scissors-cut in bottom right margin clear of design and not noted on certificate; vertical file fold in letter clear of stamp

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