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Domestic registered cover from Rossville, Indiana (---/30/71) to Dayton, Ohio on 3c printed envelope (U82), with 15c Type 1 (#118) paying the 15c registry fee in effect until 31 December 1873. Less than 25 Type 1 Pictorials are known on domestic covers. This cover is listed in the 1869 census book as the latest use of #118 domestically.
Single, blue "stovepipe" cancel of Leominster MA, on cover to Bartonsville VT.

 

Horizontal pair, circle of wedges cancels, on cover to Bordeaux France, New Orleans PMK at top center with blue French entry PMK at right & blue 1877 merchant's datestamp at top left.

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