5c Red Brown (1). Large even margins, deep color, cleaned-plate impression, tied by blue "2" in double-line circle handstamp, second strike at right on buff envelope to Susan M. Davis at 148 MacDougal Street in Philadelphia, red crayon "4" and "2" at upper right may be related to carrier fee (P.F. declines opinion as to its origin and purpose), some slight wear, Very Fine, the "2" handstamp was used to indicate payment in cash of "to the mails" carrier service for a destination outside the old city limits (pre-1854 consolidation -- see article in Chronicle 200 by Dr. Vernon R. Morris, Jr.), ex Mirsky, with 1992 P.F. certificate

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