Baltimore, Maryland, 5c Black on Bluish (3X3). Margins to in, cancelled by pen on gray folded cover to North Bay N.Y., blue "Baltimore Md. Jun. 26" circular datestamp with matching "5" in circle and "PAID" handstamps, manuscript "Due 5" for distance over 300 miles, some cleaned toning on stamp and cover, stamp with small indentations

FINE APPEARANCE. A DESIRABLE EXAMPLE OF THE 5-CENT BALTIMORE POSTMASTER'S PROVISIONAL ON BLUISH PAPER.

USPCS Census No. 20165 (No. 25 in the Hayes census). "W.H.C." handstamps at lower left (Warren H. Colson).

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