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10c Washington single on cover
Scott Catalogue USA: 2
Description:
used; position 80L. The stamp prepaid a single rate for a cover that traveled more than 300 miles, from New York City to Queenston, U.C., a Canadian exchange office on the Canadian-U.S. border. It entered the mails at New York City on June 4, 1848.
The stamp exhibits a large sheet margin at right. The sender wrote the ms "paid to the Lines".
At Queenston, the ms "4 ½" was applied to indicate a collect charge to the addressee for the Canadian postage from the border to St. Catherines.
Date:
June 4, 1848
Markings:
c-NEW-YORK/JUN/4 (red) [townmark]
red c-10 used as a cancel [rate mark]
r-c- QUEENSTON/JUN/ 6/1848/U.C. (red) [exchange office townmark]
ms "4 ½" [Canadian rate]
Medium:
paper; ink (black)
Museum ID:
2005.6603.2.17.8
Place of Origin:
New York
Collection:
Credits:
The Benjamin K. Miller Stamp Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
