Lot 1085
1847, 5¢ brown orange (1b), large margins to clear at top left, late impression, tied by red square grid on May 17, 1851 folded letter (first page missing) to New York City, signed Rutter Patterson & Newhall and addressed to E.D. Morgan, the remaining contents suggest this was written outside of New York (most likely Canada), though it was the opinion of C.C. Hart that this was a drop usage, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Hart
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