Forwarded by/Hale & Co./from/Norwich, Ct. Four-line handstamp (Ty. F27) with "Collect/6-1/4 Cents/for/Norwich Office" four-line handstamp (Ty. C11) on Feb. 12, 1845 folded letter to Springfield Mass., red "Hale & Co.'s Mail Worcester" oval handstamp (Ty. F43) applied in transit, Very Fine, Gutman records this as the only Hale cover from Norwich to Springfield, thus the unusual combination of markings, Hale privately carried mail along the Norwich & Worcester Railroad route in 1844-45, a mail contract route agent was assigned to the 59 mile route in 1847 (see lot 26 for the earliest example of the route agent), ex Gutman

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