1c Blue, Ty. IV (9). Position 6L1L, recut twice at bottom (eleven such recuts on plate), large even margins with part of top sheet margin, tied by lightly inked but readable strike of "St. Louis & Keokuk Steam Jul. 17" contract steamboat route agent's circular datestamp on Jul. 17, 1856 printed market report to Macomb Ill., in care of a firm in Quncy Ill.

VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE USE OF THE "ST. LOUIS & KEOKUK STEAM" ROUTE AGENT'S DATESTAMP ON THE ONE-CENT 1851 ISSUE.

Ex Newbury and Grunin

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