5¢ Brown (1), horizontal pair, large margins nearly all around, just touched at upper left, rich color, tied by red square grid cancels applied at post office with matching "New-York Mar. 11" (1848) circular datestamp on blue folded letter to Lockport, New York, pair also cancelled by blue 4-bar grids with matching "Rathbun's Hotel New York" circular hotel forwarder's handstamp, one word in address crossed out in contemporary manuscript, a few tiny toned spots touching pair, Very Fine and rare, since no other cover from Lockport is known with the 4-bar grid, we can rule out the possibility that the stamps were cancelled on arrival, leaving the only other explanation--the grids were applied along with the Rathbun's circular handstamp in the same blue ink--a remarkable cover, ex Dr. Kapiloff

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