2c Brown Violet, Columbian (231). Rich color, tied by New York N.Y. Jan 1 6-PM 1893" First Day of Issue machine cancel on cover addressed to C. A. Burger at 100 7th St. in New York City, faint strike of receiving backstamp of the same day

VERY FINE. ONE OF FIVE RECORDED JANUARY 1, 1893, FIRST DAY COVERS WITH THE

2-CENT COLUMBIAN ISSUE.

This cover was prepared by the Burger Brothers, two famous New York City stamp dealers who stamped covers with the 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c, 5c and 10c Columbian denominations and had them postmarked on Sunday, January 1, 1893.

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