3c Executive (O12). Well-centered, bright color, tied by bold strike of quartered cork, "Washington D.C. Apr. 30" circular datestamp on Executive Mansion imprint cover signed by O. E. Babcock (Secretary to President Grant) to Edward Pierrepont in New York City, 1875 docketing at left, small cover tear at top from opening, Very Fine, the Executive stamps were issued July 1, 1873, were supplanted by penalty envelopes on May 1, 1879, and were declared obsolete on July 5, 1884

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