Lot 117
1847, 10¢ black (2), with wide sheet margin at right, large to ample margins on two sides, cut into at bottom, pen cancelled, matching "Hickman Ky Sep 5" c.d.s. on 1851 (Sep 3) folded letter datelined "Mills Point" to Indianapolis, endorsed "Paid by Stamp" in manuscript filing crease crosses sheet margin of stamp which also has a short horizontal crease at right ending in tear, a great rarity.
Estimate 500 - 750
THE ONLY RECORDED COVER FROM HICKMAN.
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
Hickman received only 200 5¢ stamps and no 10¢.
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