Postmaster's Provisional 1845/46: 5 c. black on greyish wove paper,
a horizontal pair with large margins all round, used on 1847 cover
from
Postmaster's Provisional 1845/46: 5 c. black on greyish wove paper,
a horizontal pair with large margins all round, used on 1847 cover
from New York to Pittsburgh, PA, for the over 300 mile rate,
cancelled by barred red grill handstamp in red, lightly initialled
by Alonso Castle Monson in blue ink with "ACM" connected which ties
the pair to the cover; curved "PAID" adjacent and "NEW YORK / 6 JAN
/ 10 cts." datestamp at right in red. A rare and most attractive
cover. Cert. Philatelic Foundation (2024) Scott = $ 2'000+