10¢ Black (2), Ashbrook notation as Position 11L, short transfer at top plate variety, large to huge margins including left sheet margin, tied by bold strike of dark greenish blue grid cancel with matching "Wilmington Del. Aug, 13" (1847) circular datestamp on folded letter to Liverpool, England, sender's route directive "via Boston Steamer"--carried on the Cunarder Hibernia, departing Boston on August 16, 1847, and arriving at Liverpool August 27--clearly struck "1/-" shilling due handstamp, Liverpool receiving backstamp (August 28), interesting letter includes mention of a military funeral for a midshipman killed at Vera Cruz, bowling in Cape May, etc., Extremely Fine Gem stamp and beautiful cover, an exceptionally choice 10¢ 1847 sheet-margin stamp used on a cover to England, it is also interesting to note that among the 45 covers from Delaware listed in the USPCS census, this is the only 10¢ use, ex Hart and Boker, illustrated in Hargest book (p. 7) and Bakers' U.S. Classics (p. 153), signed Hart and Ashbrook

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