The "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Part V

15L7, D.O. Blood & Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1846-47 (2c) Black, cut octagonally, margins clear to just touching, tied by blue "Philadelphia 5 Jul 1" cds (Clarke 70), on folded letter to Milford, Massachusetts, light crease away from stamp and trivial soiling, Very Fine, Vernon Morris's census of this stamp (Penny Post Vol. 22, No. 3) records only 24 covers with this stamp, only five of which are tied by a government handstamp, a lovely example of the Blood's "For the Post Office" design type used on outbound letters carried by Blood's to the post office (Scott $1,100)rnProvenance: Edgar Kuphal (R.A. Siegel Sale 925, 2006)United States Carriers and Locals