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lot # 2054 - u.s. postal history Pennsylvania Postal History

Tuesday Mar 28, 2023 10:00 America/New_York

blue datestamp and matching "Paid" double octagon on folded letter to London, manuscript "37½" freight money steam rate, endorsed "p. British Queen", red "Ship Letter Gravesend" backstamp, very fine, the only steamer mail to arrive during the 4d Uniform Rate period (December 5, 1839 to January 9, 1840)


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