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, stamp with tiny indentations on left side of signature vignette, cover with trivial age spots, toned spot on back

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE COVER WITH A FOUR-MARGIN EXAMPLE OF THE BRATTLEBORO POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL. ONLY NINETEEN COVERS ARE RECORDED.

The unpublished Brattleboro census by Philip T. Wall lists a total of 52 stamps, including 20 stamps on 19 covers.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: http://siegelauctions.com/enc/pdf/Brattleboro.pdf

With

2013 P.F. certificate. Signed by Stanley B. Ashbrook.

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