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By: H. R. Harmer Inc
lot # 1014 - u.s. postal history Illinois Postal History
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023 10:00 America/New_York
large red 36mm circular datestamp on 1851 folded letter to Westfield, New York, matching "Paid" handstamp, light wear and vertical crease away from postmark, very fine strike, the earlier of the two known examples of this postmark, which was the first employed by Chicago to incorporate the rate into the datestamp (after the rate reduction of July 1, 1851), a rare and important postmark
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