Lot 2142
Telegraph Despatch P.O., 1848, 1¢ black on yellowish (138L1), pen cancelled on small folded letter datelined Wilmington (Delaware), April 25, 1848, to Philadelphia; small insignificant closed spindle hole in center, Very Fine.
Scott $5,500
THE EARLIEST OF FOUR RECORDED EXAMPLES ON COVER, ONLY ONE OF WHICH HAS THE STAMP TIED.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Worthington, Gibson, Lyons
The cover was carried outside the mails to Philadelphia where it was dropped at the Telegraph Despatch office for delivery. Contents comprises an order for zinc, tin, and brass from the Philadelphia metal supplier, Nathan Trotter & Co., a firm that was eastablished in 1792 and is still in the same business today.
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