5¢ Red Brown (1), ample to large margins, beautiful First Printing shade and impression, tied by blue grid cancel on blue folded letter datelined "Utica Oct. 19, 1847" to Governor's Island, New York City, and returned to Utica, New York, from a father to his son, Henry Green Jr., the absence of a Utica datestamp suggests this might have been carried outside the mails and put into the New York City post office as a drop letter, red "New-York 2cts Oct. 25" (1847) integral drop-rate circular datestamp, manuscript "Gone to Mexico", indicating Henry Jr. had left with his regiment, "To Miss M. Green, Utica N.Y." in the same hand, red "FORWARDED" straightline handstamp and matching "New-York Oct. 28" circular datestamp, blue manuscript "5" above the "2" rate and totaled to "7" due, presumably the Utica post office collected the 7¢ due and cancelled the stamp with their blue grid (New York City did not use a blue grid), stamp with small horizontal crease, Very Fine, a remarkable 1847 Issue cover with a rare auxiliary marking and interesting U.S.-Mexican War connection, ex Pope, Rose, Craveri and Hackmey, with 2005 P.F. certificate

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