Lot 1387
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Agriculture Dept., 1873, 10¢ yellow (O5), used on Dept. of Agriculture to label signed by Commissioner of Agriculture Frederick Watts on large piece of package wrapper to Webster, Me. (mis-sent to Webster Groves, Mo.), docketed Jan 1, 1875; Very Fine and exceedingly rare.
Scott $6,000 on cover
THIS IS THE FINEST OF ONLY THREE 10¢ AGRICULTURE USAGES RECORDED; ALL THREE ARE AGRICULTUE DEPARTMENT PACKAGE LABELS SIGNED BY WATTS.
Frederick Watts was the first president of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society (1851), a founder of the Farmers' High School (now Penn State) and the U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture (1871-76).
Illustrated in Alan Campbell's "Usages of Department of Agirculture Official Stamps" in the U.S.P.C.S. Chronicle #194, May 2002.
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