Baton Rouge La., 5c Green & Carmine, Maltese Cross Border (11X2). Position 6 (Calhoun Type B), huge margins to clear including bottom left corner margin, rich colors, tied by light strike of Baton Rouge circular datestamp on orange cover to Carroll Hoy & Co. in New Orleans, vertical file fold at left well away from stamp, mended backflap tear

EXTREMELY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE CORNER-MARGIN EXAMPLE USED ON COVER OF THE 5-CENT BATON ROUGE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL WITH MALTESE CROSS BORDER.

This corner-margin copy is significant, as it shows the wide dimensions of the printed background border in the sheet margin.

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