5c Red Brown (1). Large margins to clear, worn impression, tied by strikes of blue "Baltimore Md. Jun. 5" and also June 6 circular datestamp overstruck on blue folded letter to the U.S. Naval School at Annapolis Md., used with Blood's City Despatch, Philadelphia Pa., 1c Bronze on Black Glazed (15L13), ample margins, acid cancel, red "WAY 5" handstamp at top and also tying stamp, some splitting along folds, stamp with extraneous ink spot at bottom right, cover with small tear at top and some small stains, still Fine and unusual use, Blood's delivered this to the river as a Way letter and it entered the mails in Baltimore, regulations required the date reflect when the letter left the office so it must have been received on the 5th but not sent until the 6th, with 2005 P.F. certificate

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