5¢ Red Brown, 10¢ Black (1, 2), both with ample to large margins all around, 5¢ showing part of adjacent stamp at top, tied (slightly overlapping) by red grid cancels with matching "Rochester N.Y. 10 Aug. 25" integral-rate circular datestamp on light green folded cover to Lockport, New York, manuscript "Paid" above stamps, few cover erosion spots far from stamps and markings, Very Fine and choice 1847 5¢ and 10¢ stamps on a combination cover, paying triple the under-300 miles rate (Lockport is approximately 80 miles from Rochester), the half-ounce rate increments were eliminated in March 1849--for this and other reasons, examples of 5¢ and 10¢ 1847 combinations for the half-ounce increment are rare--ex Craveri, Hackmey, and from our 1981 and 1985 Rarities of the World sales, with 1950 P.F. certificate

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