Honour's Penny Post, Charleston, South Carolina, (2¢) Black on Bluish (4LB11), large margins all around, used with 3¢ Dull Red, Type I (11), ample margins to just into frameline at top, both stamps tied by blue "Charleston S.C. Paid Oct. 19" (ca. 1855) circular datestamp on manila cover to Mrs. Jane B. Miller in Effingham, South Carolina

Extremely Fine. One of only three recorded covers with the Honour's Penny Post stamp and the 3¢ 1851 issue each fully tied by the Charleston circular datestamp.

The Honour's stamp bearing the legend "Penny Post" is extremely rare. Only approximately 13-15 covers are known. Of those, only seven have a cancellation that ties the carrier stamp (six of which are used with 3¢ 1851 or U10) and only three covers have the Charleston datestamp tying the carrier stamp--the cover to Ireland, the cover offered here and its twin from the Golden sale, addressed to Rev. Miller at Effingham, postmarked on the same day, October 19 (ca. 1855). Because the Honour's stamp was usually placed opposite the U.S. postage, it is rarely found tied by the circular datestamp.

Ex Rep. Ernest R. Ackerman, John and Katherine Hall, and Joseph Hackmey.

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