lot # 45 - United States "Back of the Book" Stamps and Postal History local stamps
132L1, Squier & Co. City Letter Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri, 1859 1c Green, Imperf, single with about two (almost three) frame lines showing, manuscript cancelled but not tied to Home Mutual Fire & Marine Ins. Co. advertising cover, with 3c Dull red, Type III (26) struck by "Saint Louis Mo. Jun 9 1859" cds, addressed to Baltimore, Maryland with docketing over part of date stamp, Very Fine, only believed to be 8-10 covers with the first (imperforate) Squier stamp, certainly difficult to imagine one much nicer than this with the illustrated advertisement, signed Robson Lowe (Scott $1,000 for tied by manuscript with #26)Carriers & Locals
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