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lot # 3131 - u.s. postal history Connecticut Postal History

Wednesday Mar 29, 2023 10:00 America/New_York

blue datestamp on oversized cover to New Haven, Connecticut with striking illustrated advertisement for the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., franked with 2c Brown, 3c Green, and two 6c Dull pink Bank Notes, light wear as expected with such a large piece of mail, very fine and extremely attractive, this cover's addressee, Simeon E. Baldwin, would go on to serve as Connecticut's governor from 1911 to 1915

Scott 157, 158, 159
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