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1847 Issue Domestic Covers by State
1847 ISSUE DOMESTIC COVERS BY STATE
ALABAMA
93
William H.Gross
93 ` 5c Red Brown (1). Horizontal pair, huge margins including sheet margin at left, ample at bottom, tied
by three neat strikes of blue “10” in fancy rectangular frame handstamp, matching “Huntsville Al. Jul.
24” circular datestamp on brown cover to Midway Ky., skillfully cleaned, small mended erosion spot at
bottom edge .....................................................................................................................................................
VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED USE OF THIS PRE-STAMP FRAMED “10” RATE HANDSTAMP ON A
COVER WITH THE 1847 ISSUE. .........................................................................................................................
Ex Gibson, Sampson, Rohloff, Haas, Kapiloff and Boker. ........................................... E. 5,000-7,500
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