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5c red brown Franklin on cover
Object Details
- Description
- This is a folded letter addressed to Charles Potter, Esquire in Providence, Rhode Island. The letter was written and cancelled on Feb 1851 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There is one Scott 1 stamp adhered to the folded letter. They have been hand cancelled. Letter consists of two folded pages; one blank.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- February 1851
- Object number
- 2004.2004.2
- Recipient
- Charles Potter
- Printer
- Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- thin bluish paper; adhesive; engraved
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 3 1/8 x 5 3/16 in. (7.94 x 13.18 cm)
- Place of Origin
- Pennsylvania
- Place of Destination
- Rhode Island
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1
- Topic
- American Expansion (1800-1860)
- Covers & Letters
- Record ID
- npm_2004.2004.2
- Usage
- CC0
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