Baltimore, Maryland, 5c Black on Bluish (3X3). Position 6, margins showing full or parts of framelines on all four sides, without usual pen cancellation, tied by blue "PAID" handstamp, matching "Baltimore Md. Aug. 24" (1845) circular datestamp on cover to Miss Eugenia McDonald in Washington D.C., stamp with some slight gum toning, small bit of ink erosion in address at bottom edge, cover edges slightly refolded

VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL COVER BEARING THE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5-CENT ON BLUISH PAPER. EXAMPLES WITHOUT PEN CANCELLATION AND TIED BY A HANDSTAMP ARE VERY RARE -- THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST.

The Baltimore provisional stamps were printed first on bluish and then on white paper (the Scott catalogue reverses the chronological order). Examples of the 5c on Bluish (3X3) on cover are rarely tied solely by a handstamp cancellation.

No. 4 in the Hayes census. USPCS census no. 20137. "W.H.C." (Colson) handstamp. Ex Klein and Hill. With 1965 and 2008 P.F. certificates.

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