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10-cent Washington
10c Washington bisect on cover
Scott Catalogue USA: 2b
Description:
used; left vertical bisect of a 10-cent stamp that was used to pay a single five-cent rate for a distance less than three hundred miles within Connecticut; mailed on March 13 of an unknown year
Date:
1847
Markings:
c-NEW HAVEN/13/MAR/Ct. (red) [townmark]
red grid [cancel]
Medium:
paper; ink (black)
Museum ID:
2005.6603.2.5.2
Place of Origin:
New Haven, Connecticut
Place of Destination:
New Canaan, Connecticut
Collection:
Credits:
The Benjamin K. Miller Stamp Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
