10¢ Black (2), Position 61L, sheet margin at left, other sides ample to touched at lower right, tied by multiple strikes of blue "24" rate handstamp, matching partly clear strike of "Syracuse N.Y. Dec. 26" (1849) circular datestamp on folded cover to the Treasurer of the United States Mint at Philadelphia, receipt docketing on inside flaps, which are waterstained but not affecting front, Very Fine, a likely unique and probably accidental domestic use of this handstamp normally used to indicate 24¢ British treaty rate on transatlantic mail, ex Finnegan and Saadi, with 1994 P.F. certificate

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