Forwarded by Hale & Co.'s Great Eastern Mail. Red oval handstamp (Ty. F41) and Collect box (Ty. C4) on Aug. 13, 1844 folded letter originating in Chicago and addressed to Boston, then remailed to Bangor Me., red "Chicago Ill. Aug. 13" circular datestamp, magenta manuscript "25" rate crossed out when received by Hale's office, which applied the two red markings and handed the letter over to Jerome & Co. for delivery to Bangor, Boston street address crossed out and new mailing address written with instructions to "Deliver immediately", two strikes of black "Jerome & Co.'s/Express/No. 8 Court St./Boston" framed handstamp on front and back, overall toning and small tear at bottom, Fine, a very rare cover showing combination of U.S. Post Office and Independent Mail handling, with the latter involving conjunctive service between Hale and Jerome, this was the subject of an article by Steven M. Roth in The Penny Post (Vol. 4, No. 3, copy accompanies)

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