Friends' Boarding School, Barnesville O., (1c) Black (151L1). Type I, huge margins, used next to 2c Red Brown (210), both stamps tied by "Barnesville O. Jan. 24" (1884) circular datestamp and quartered cork cancel on Friends' Boarding School corner card cover addressed by the superintendent Barclay W. Stratton to Joseph C. Stratton in Winona O., receiving backstamp, very fresh, slightly reduced at left

EXTREMELY FINE. A RARE FRIENDS' BOARDING SCHOOL COVER WITH THE STAMP TIED, SENT FROM THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT.

The 2c rate and Scott 210 stamp did not exist before October 1, 1883, and the Friends' stamps went out of use after June 1884, so this January 24th cover must be an 1884 use, which is a much later Type I use than the December 1879 date given by Ullom (Penny Post, Apr. 1993).

Ex Malcolm, Golden and Kuphal. With 2011 P.F. certificate

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