10c Agriculture (O5). Incredibly well-centered, fresh color, lightly struck with cork cancel and used on "Department of Agriculture, Public Document" imprint label affixed to large part of folded package wrapper, signed by Frederick Watts (Commissioner), addressed to Webster, Me. but missent and sent to Webster Groves Mo. first, manuscript received by mail Jan. 1, 1875

FINE. THE FINEST OF THE MERE THREE RECORDED USES OF THE 10-CENT AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT STAMP, ALL OF WHICH ARE ON "PUBLIC DOCUMENT" LABELS SIGNED BY FREDERICK WATTS, AND ONLY TWO OF WHICH ARE FULL LABELS.

This is No. 1 in the Campbell census (Chronicle 194, May 2002) which is also illustrated in the article on Page 141. No. 2 in the Campbell census is from the Charles J. Starnes Collection (Siegel 2007). No. 3, which is only a "piece", is from the Robert L. Markovits Collection (Bennett 2004). All examples paid the 10c "public document" rate for a single bound volume.

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