5c Red Brown (1). Huge margins all around including sheet margin at top, bright color and worn-plate impression, tied by blue "2" in double-line circle handstamp, matching "Philada. Pa. 5cts. Feb. 7" integral-rate circular datestamp on buff envelope to Wilbraham Mass., Extremely Fine, a beautiful cover and a scarce use of the 2c rate handstamp to tie a 5c 1847 stamp, according to an article by Dr. Vernon R. Morris, Jr. in Chronicle 200, the "2" handstamp was used in Philadelphia to indicate payment in cash of "to the mails" carrier service for a destination outside the old city limits (pre-1854 consolidation), ex Wunderlich, Garrett, Boker and Gross, with 1976 P.F. certificate

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