Allentown Pa. Nov. 3, 1864. Clear strike of double-circle datestamp on orange cover with "C. G. Hirner, Zoological & Anatomical Chemist, Allentown Pa." illustrated design to Wurttemburg, Germany, Nov. 5 New York 3c debit marking, also "Due" in oval with manuscript "15cts", blue "America Uber Bremen" two-line handstamp, blue crayon rate, transit and receiving backstamps, trivial edgewear, Very Fine, a phenomenal design, C.G. Hirner marketed the Lehigh Cattle Powder, famous in its day as a blood purifier, as well as Farmer's Union Cattle Powder which was marketed as a compound to increase quantity and quality of milk and butter, as well as several other cure-alls for cattle, he was awarded gold medals at World's Fairs in Paris, Vienna, Philadelphia and Hamburg, apparently for all of his success he was unable to muster 15c to pay the postage for this cover sent to the town where he was born

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