3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Tied by large "PAID" grid cancel, red "Boston Mass. Oct. 12" double-circle datestamp on buff cover to Pittsford Vt. with elaborate pencil illustrated design of a three-masted ship with flag and lighthouse, banner reads "H. F. Griggs", the stamp artfully placed over the lantern room of the lighthouse with Washington gazing down at the ship off-shore, the sender also evidently decided that perforations were unsightly and trimmed them off (along with the top and bottom labels) before affixing the stamp, missing part of backflap, still Very Fine, a spectacular illustrated design, possibly executed by Samuel W. Griggs, a well-known artist who resided in Boston at this time

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