Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Die cut, magenta "H" (Hartford) control mark, affixed with waffle-iron embossing on greenish folded letter originally datelined and mailed from New Orleans July 15, 1844, to Hartford Conn. and re-mailed to New York City street address using Hale, inside with July 25, 1844 datelined forwarding postscript, stamp affixed over blue New Orleans circular datestamp, blue manuscript "25" rate, small mend at upper left not affecting stamp, otherwise Very Fine, scarce example of U.S. Post Office and Independent Mail combined in one cover, Gutman records this as the earliest Hale cover from Hartford

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