5c Red Brown (1). Detailed early impression, large margins to clear, cancelled by red grid (not tied), red "Jamaica Plain Ms. May 26" circular datestamp on folded letter to Portsmouth N.H., unusual postmaster's postage due notation "Not Paid R Seaver PM, 5cts. Unpaid" in legible manuscript, stamp with natural fiber inclusion at bottom left causing natural "pinhole", Very Fine, the stamp is tied by the notation but not by the grid, which leads us to believe the sender attempted to use a cancelled stamp to pay postage, which was detected and rejected by the Jamaica Plain postmaster, this is the only recorded use (or attempted use) of the 1847 Issue from Jamaica Plain, USPCS census no. 4167, with 1984 and 2007 P.F. certificates

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