Johnson's Free P.O. Box, Philadelphia Pa., Black on Orange (unlisted in Scott). Group of two covers and six off-cover labels depicting Abraham Lincoln, first with rectangular label (Ty. II) and with 1865 date affixed to back of folded cover franked with 2c Black (73), straight edge at left, tied by partly clear strike of Philadelphia Pa. double-circle datestamp and addressed to Baltimore Md., label with small bit of oxidation and tiny margin nick, file folds not affecting stamp or label, Very Fine appearance, with 2009 P.F. certificate, second cover with 2c Black (73) and Type II label both affixed to front of cover, Black Jack cancelled by partly clear Philadelphia duplex, similar condition to the first cover, Fine, also three off-cover labels in Orange and three in Green, each Types I-III, few small faults, Fine and interesting group, the Johnson's Box labels are believed by some specialists to be advertising labels applied to letters taken from a local merchant's mail-drop box

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