Lot 319
Cleveland, Ohio, Bishop's City Post, 1854, blue (10LB1), close margins touching or in as usual, uncancelled on large embossed valentine envelope to Miss Sarah Lyon on Prospect Street in Cleveland, carried entirely outside the mails, staining ties stamp, cover mends at right, Fine and rare.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
ONE OF ONLY SIX RECORDED BISHOP'S BLUE STAMP USAGES, ONLY TWO OF WHICH ARE VALENTINE USES.
Provenance: Skove
A Bishop's January 16, 1854 advertisement noted, "Liberal arrangements made for delivery of cards,…".
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