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1c Eagle carrier & 3c red Washington on cover
Description:
used Eagle carrier on cover with two Sc 11, 3c issue of 1851; heavy letter required double postage;used in 1852; 3 cent 1851 stamps are positions 41 and 42 of L2
Date:
1851
Medium:
paper; ink (blue, red)
Museum ID:
2005.6603.3.119.1
Collection:
Credits:
The Benjamin K. Miller Stamp Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
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