By: H. R. Harmer Inc
lot # 805 - u.s. postal history Stampless Covers - General
folded letter datelined "Pleasant Retreat Nov 29 1845", addressed to the Lewis, Kentucky, blue "Nashville Te. Dec 1" datestamp and matching "5" in cog rate, endorsed "Stage", very fine, as the Pleasant Retreat post office wouldn't open until 1852 this letter was carried privately by stage to Nashville, where it entered the mails
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