St. Louis Mo., 5c Black on Greenish (11X1). Type III, Position 5, large margins to just in at bottom left, cancelled solely by orange-red "St. Louis Mo. Feb. 23" circular datestamp and tied on small piece, deep impression on bright greenish paper, faint pressed file fold

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. A DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT ST. LOUIS POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL FIRST PRINTING ON GREENISH PAPER, CANCELLED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE RED DATESTAMP.

There are approximately a half-dozen pieces known to us with the 5c stamp tied by the red St. Louis datestamp and without any pen cancellation.

Scott Retail for normally pen-cancelled stamp off cover (footnote states: "Values for used off-cover stamps are for pen-cancelled copies. Handstamp cancelled copies sell for much more.")

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