1c Brown, Postal Card (UX1). Cancelled by brownish-black "Washington D.C. May" First Day Postmark with matching segmented cork, note on card reads "This is the first card sold in Washington D.C. May 13th 1873 6/5 P.M. I certify the above to be correct W.J. Turpin Supt. City P.O. D.C."

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE "FIRST" FIRST DAY OF THIS POSTAL CARD USED FROM WASHINGTON D.C. A GREAT RARITY.

A total of eight cards are known to exist cancelled on May 13, in Boston, New York and Washington D.C. One is known cancelled on May 12 in Springfield Mass. (sent by an official of the Morgan Envelope Co.) but has never reached the market.

Ex Kantor. With 1989 P.F. certificate.

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