City Despatch Post 1842: 3 c. black on greyish, a fine used example
with large even margins all round, on entire letter to a Miss
Violetta
City Despatch Post 1842: 3 c. black on greyish, a fine used example
with large even margins all round, on entire letter to a Miss
Violetta Marsh, 22 Wooster Street, New York tied by circular "CITY
DESPATCH POST"datestamp (Feb 13) in red, under a fortnight after
the issue of the first adhesive stamp of the United States.
Delightful Valentine's Day message inside "To Violetta, I love thee
for thy innocent and unaffected pride, I love thee for that sweet
content, which ever seems thy guide, I love thee for that smile of
thine and for thy words of truth, and for thine eyes that brightly
shine, thy beauty and thy worth". Some minor file fold splits but a
charming and rare entire