5¢ Red Brown (1), two singles, originally forming a vertical pair, one showing top sheet margin, other margins huge to irregularly in on one stamp, affixed tête-bêche and tied by bold blue grid cancels with matching "Louisville & Cincinnati Mail Line Jun. 27" (1851) balloon-style circular datestamp on blue folded letter to Philadelphia, tiny break in file fold, Very Fine cover and a superb strike of this distinctive marking, which is very rare on an 1847 cover--only four complete covers recorded in the USPCS census with the circular or rectangular handstamp, this is easily the finest of the circular style marking, it is also a late use of the 1847 Issue, just four days before July 1, 1851, demonetization, ex Rohloff, Dr. Kapiloff and Boker

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