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lot # 65 - Carriers’ and Local Stamps local stamps
Mason’s New Orleans City Express, 1850-1, 2c black on yellow, imperforate, on folded letter datelined Franklin House (Mrs. Taylor’s), 39 Canal Street, tied by red grid cancel, postmarked "N-ORLEANS CITY EXPRESS POST. LA / FEB / 6" with day in manuscript, to Leads Foundry, horizontal filing fold, some adhesion remnants on reverse from prior mounting, overall exceptionally fresh. A rarity; ex-Burrus.One of only two recorded examples of the 1c over 1/2c Mason’s New Orleans City Express, and the only example on cover.Provenance: Alfred H. Caspary
Scott 102L2
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