Providence R.I., 5c Gray Black (10X1). Position 5, large margins to full, cancelled by manuscript check mark, red "Providence R.I. Nov. 14" circular datestamp with matching "PAID" and "5" handstamps on blue folded letter datelined "Providence 11th MO 13. 1846", written by A. Congdon & Co. inquiring about the price of Parker Mill Iron, to Thomas J. Coggeshall in Taunton Mass. as agent for the Parker Mills, faint bend barely affects stamp

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE EXAMPLE OF THE PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, POSTMASTER'S 5-CENT PROVISIONAL ISSUE ON COVER.

No. 15 in the Slater census and illustrated in Slater book on p. 80. Ex Coolidge.

History of the Providence provisional: http://siegelauctions.com/enc/pdf/Providence.pdf

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