1c Blue (63). Bright color, well-struck New York City Union Soldier's Head fancy cancel, Extremely Fine strike of this scarce and desirable cancel, stamp lightly creased (not mentioned on certificates)--the creation and use of this fancy cancel in the spring of 1866 coincided with the return of soldiers from the Civil War, it is known on at least one domestic cover, but apparently the cancelling device migrated to the foreign-mail exchange office, where it was used to cancel stamps on mail to foreign countries--with 1988 and 2017 P.F. certificates

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