5c Red Brown (1). Four single stamps arranged in overlapping fashion, each has margins all around, bright shade and worn-plate impression, tied by vivid red grid cancels, matching "Saint Louis Mo. Nov. 11" circular datestamp on cover to South Boston, Mass., from the Turner correspondence, stamps partly lifted to check margins

EXTREMELY FINE. A WONDERFUL DOUBLE-RATE FRANKING WITH FOUR ARTFULLY ARRANGED EXAMPLES OF THE 5-CENT 1847 ISSUE. A COVER WITH WONDERFUL VISUAL APPEAL.

From the Turner correspondence, which is known for overlapping stamps, discussed in a Nov. 2009 Chronicle article by Gordon Eubanks, who records 15 such overlapping pairs from this correspondence.

Ex Ackerman, Brown, Sweet and Gross.

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