5¢ Orange Brown (1b), large margins to ample at top, brilliant color and First Printing impression, tied by blue "Philada. Pa. 5 cts Feb. 17" (1848) integral-rate circular datestamp on buff envelope with "Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., No. 91 Walnut Street, Philadelphia" corner card, to Leesburg, Virginia, Very Fine, a scarce corner card use of the 5¢ 1847 Issue, this is the only example listed in the USPCS census with this style corner card from Penn Mutual (a 10¢ is known with a cameo design on the flap), ex Emerson, West, Starr, Hart and Boker, illustrated in Bakers' U.S. Classics (p. 175)

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