5c Red Brown (1). Enormous margins all around with framelines of adjoining stamps at top and left, intense shade, criss-crossing pen cancellation with a total of 31 lines -- these would have required at least 10 seconds to apply, so this stamp was cancelled by a postal clerk with lots of time on his hands and a deep desire to prevent re-use -- an Extremely Fine and remarkable 5c 1847, ex Mirsky

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