Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Position 5, square margins with top right corner sheet margins, huge at bottom, slightly in at left, Third State showing defective plate at right, cancelled by one of three bold strikes of red "Paid" cancel on May 14, 1845 folded letter from Staten Island to Boston, red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Courier & Enquirer Building, New York" oval handstamp -- the first "Paid" was applied to the letter, then the stamp was affixed over the "Paid" and cancelled by a second strike, followed by a third strike positioned at left -- the "Paid" on the stamp is heavy enough to indent the paper thru the lettersheet, which leaves no doubt that the stamp originated, but the sequence of markings is very unusual, stamp has short faint horizontal crease, still Very Fine, this is the only Hale & Co. cover from Staten Island recorded by Gutman, illustrated in his Hale book (page 288) and Independent Mails book, ex Hall and Dr. Puliafito, with 2001 P.F. certificate

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