3c Orange Brown, Ty. II (10A). Three huge margins incl. part of adjoining stamps at top and bottom, in at left, bright color, cancelled by blue grid (impression ties thru paper), matching "Lancaster Pa. Jul. 1" 1851 First Day of Issue circular datestamp on 1851 dated part-printed bank statement to Columbia Pa., vertical file folds well away from stamp, some minor splitting along cover edges

FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED FIRST DAY COVER USED FROM LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

In his census in the 1851 Sesquicentennial book, Wilson Hulme records a total of 43 covers used on July 1, 1851, which is the first day they were valid for postage. Five are known used from Philadelphia, and only this cover is known used from Lancaster. Its existence was first mentioned in the Chronicle in 1954.

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