1c Blue, Ty. V (24). Rich color, dissected into a portrait and four corners, portrait affixed to center and segments affixed to each corner of unsealed cover to Claremont N.H., portrait tied by open grid, red Meriden N.H. circular datestamp, Extremely Fine, a very unusual use, this type of 'artistic' arrangement was tolerated at some (usually small) offices though it was strictly prohibited as mutilation, Chase note on back 'As neat a cover of this kind as I ever saw', pretty and especially unusual with a 1c stamp, probably contained a circular, ex Jarrett, with 2003 P.F. certificate

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