Brattleboro Vt., 5c Black on Buff (5X1). Position 4, large margins to full, cancelled by red "PAID" handstamp, second strike at left, matching "Brattleboro Vt. Oct. 10" (1846) circular datestamp on bluish folded cover to L. B. Woodruff in New York City, faint vertical file fold well away from stamp, cover with trivial age spots, toned spot on back

EXTREMELY FINE. A REMARKABLY FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE COVER WITH A SOUND FOUR-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE BRATTLEBORO POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL. ONLY NINETEEN COVERS ARE RECORDED. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW WITH A SOUND FOUR-MARGIN STAMP.

The unpublished Brattleboro census by Philip T. Wall lists a total of 52 stamps, including 20 stamps on 19 covers.

For a history of the Brattleboro provisionals and this cover: http://siegelauctions.com/enc/pdf/Brattleboro.pdf

Signed

by Stanley B. Ashbrook.

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