Forwarded Through/Hale's/Letter Office/New York. Red four-line handstamp (Ty. F31) with first and third lines in bold italics, similar to Type NY-D except without the word "Foreign" in third line, clearly struck on greenish Jan. 10, 1844 folded letter from New York City to Boston, manuscript "12-1/2" double rate, minor oily bleed from red ink, Very Fine, the only example of this marking recorded by Gutman and the earliest Hale cover originating in New York City, ex Hall

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