Brown & McGill's U.S.P.O. Despatch, Louisville Ky., (2c) Black (5LB3). Large margins with three full framelines and almost complete frameline at right, uncancelled, used with 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (26) tied by blue "Louisville Ky. Apr. 13" circular datestamp on buff cover addressed in blue to Mr. W. Gail, Baltimore Md., the cover has two vertical folds, one thru 3c stamp, the other creating a faintly toned area where the surface of the Brown & McGill's stamp was in contact with envelope, effectively tying it to the cover

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE BROWN & MCGILL BLACK CARRIER STAMP USED WITH REGULAR STAMPS ON COVER (BOTH UNCANCELLED).

Our census contains 13 examples of 5LB3, including 10 uncancelled stamps, some (or all) of which were removed from pieces of covers, all dated in 1858. Two of the uncancelled stamps remain on their original covers with a 3c 1857 tied by the Louisville datestamp: the Apr. 13 cover offered here and a cover postmarked Aug. 14, 1858, each with P.F. certificate. This cover comes from the well-known Gail correspondence, from which a number of the genuine Brown & McGill carrier covers originate. A third cover with 5LB3 is missing the 3c 1857 stamp (it recently reappeared in a Rumsey sale after 70 years in hiding).

Ex Chapman. With 1981 and 2002 P.F. certificates

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