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1387 |
 New Jersey Express Co.,
Newark N.J. Six items mounted on pages from the Abt collection,
includes Belt-type embossed oval on unused entire, another Belt cut square,
three plain oval cut squares, and a plain oval entire with 3c 1861 tied by
"Trenton N.J. Dec. 16, 1863" double-circle datestamp, to Inley & Bicknell's
Bank Note Reporter in Philadelphia, slightly reduced at top, all very
scarce, this express operated from late 1854 or early 1855 for at least
five years (Perry, Pat Paragraphs reprint, p. 439), the 1863 cover
offered here is probably a later philatelic usage
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E. 500-750 |