Lot 70
St. Louis, Mo., 1846, 10¢ black on gray lilac (11X5), type I, position 2, ample to large margins except touched at right center and just clear at upper left, pen cancelled, on 1846 Charnley & Whelen letter to Philadelphia, red "St. Louis Mo. Mar. 7" c.d.s. and matching "Paid", manuscript "10" at right, Very Fine, rare early use.
Scott $5,500
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