6c, 12c War, Soft Paper (O117, O119). Single of former, two singles of latter, on piece with full strike of "Port Townsend, Wash. Apr. 23, 1883" double-circle datestamp, each stamp with Kicking Mule fancy cancel, the center and right Mules are standing on end since postmaster Learned turned the duplex canceller 90 degrees so that the stamps only received the Mule (killer) portion, Postmaster Learned must have been a "by the book" man since postal regulations mandated that a killer, not the circular datestamp, be used to cancel stamps (a regulation that was obviously not adhered to in many cases), Fine and handsome piece despite small perf flaws on one 12c, this is the largest known piece with Official stamps cancelled by "Kicking Mules", ex Clapp

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