Lot 3032
1851, 1¢ blue, type IIIa (8A), position 35R1E, three large to huge margins including portion of adjacent stamp at top, just touching at bottom, used with a pair of 3¢ orange brown (10) plate 1E, tied by black grids on 1851 folded letter to New Orleans, entered mails with red "New Orleans La. Nov 28" c.d.s., endorsed "G Burke", red "Steamer / Glendy Burke" oval handstamp (Milgrim 516), 1¢ with tiny scissor cuts, Very Fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
A VERY RARE 1851 ISSUE PREPAID WAY USAGE.
Expertization: Signed by Ashbrook.
Provenance: Cipolla
This folded letter was picked up at a plantation landing on the Mississippi River by the non-contract steamboat Glendy Burke and carried to New Orleans. It entered the mails as a double rate cover with the 1¢ way fee prepaid.
Written up, Ashbrook's Special Service, photo no. 238.
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