Lot 41
1847, 5¢ red brown (1), ample to large margins, tied by pen cancel and light vertical file crease on folded letter to Rockford, Ill. with light red "Dixon Ill. Mar. 20" c.d.s. at left, contents headed "Washington March 18th 1850" (the letter mentions both Gen. Shields and the Senate, so one can assume that this originated in D.C.); cover with manuscript note at top written at a later date, Fine and rare.
Estimate 300 - 400
THE ONLY RECORDED 1847 COVER FROM DIXON.
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