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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Two, square margins, large to slightly in, bright shade, tied by one of two strikes of red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Courier & Enquirer Building, New York" oval handstamp on folded cover to Springfield Mass., docketed with Dec. 19, 1844 origin date and notation that a power of attorney document was enclosed (thus the double rate), file fold clear of stamps, Very Fine, ex Schwartz and Dr. Puliafito

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Two, each cut to shape and tied by red "Forwarded through/Hale & Co.'s/Letter Office--Boston" framed handstamp with "13 Court St." deleted on undated folded cover to New York City, from the Howland & Aspinwall correspondence (Boston origin), sender's directive "Hale & Co. Paid", Extremely Fine double-rate franking, ex Hall and Dr. Puliafito, with 2001 P.F. certificate

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Neatly cut to shape, cancelled by four criss-crossing strikes of red "Paid" straightline, tied by impression thru paper, matching "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Baltimore" oval handstamp on May 5, 1845 blue folded letter and part-printed sales and expenses report (April 27-May 3, including entry for Hale stamps) to New York City, from the Dr. Brandreth correspondence, Extremely Fine, only 11 Hale & Co. stamped covers from Baltimore are recorded, this is the only one with criss-crossed "Paid" cancels, Sloane's notes on back, ex Hollowbush, Hall and Dr. Puliafito, with 2001 P.F. certificate

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Cut to shape with mostly large margins, cancelled by bold manuscript large "R" initial, red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from 37 S. Third Street, Philadelphia" oval handstamp on blue Apr. 14, 1845 folded letter from Philadelphia to New York City street address, Very Fine, ex Schwartz and Dr. Puliafito

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Position 5, square margins with top right corner sheet margins, huge at bottom, slightly in at left, Third State showing defective plate at right, cancelled by one of three bold strikes of red "Paid" cancel on May 14, 1845 folded letter from Staten Island to Boston, red "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Courier & Enquirer Building, New York" oval handstamp -- the first "Paid" was applied to the letter, then the stamp was affixed over the "Paid" and cancelled by a second strike, followed by a third strike positioned at left -- the "Paid" on the stamp is heavy enough to indent the paper thru the lettersheet, which leaves no doubt that the stamp originated, but the sequence of markings is very unusual, stamp has short faint horizontal crease, still Very Fine, this is the only Hale & Co. cover from Staten Island recorded by Gutman, illustrated in his Hale book (page 288) and Independent Mails book, ex Hall and Dr. Puliafito, with 2001 P.F. certificate

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Large margins to slightly in, pastel shade, manuscript crossed-lines precancel, used on large part of folded cover to New York City street address, "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Boston" oval handstamp, conjunctive use with "Boyd's City/Express Post/Aug. 30 9 O'C" framed datestamp, Aug. 29, 1844 receipt docketing, file fold, stamp slightly creased, still Fine, rare conjunctive use between Hale and Boyd (seen more often with Pomeroy), ex Hahn

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Octagonal margins all around, uncancelled, clear strike of red "PENNY POSTAGE PAID" straightline handstamp (Ty. PP1) on bluish Feb. 7, 1845 folded letter from Boston to Newburyport Mass., manuscript "Paid delivered" at top, small sealed tear in the cover just affects the "D" of the straightline, Very Fine and extremely rare, one of only two examples of this Hale straightline recorded by Gutman

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Square margins just barely in, dark shade, with crossed-lines precancel, "Hale & Co.'s Mail, Boston, Office 23 State Street" oval handstamp (Ty. F42) on Oct. 4, 1844 folded letter to New York City, manuscript "Paid" and "PPPaid" (Penny Post Paid) notation for prepaid local delivery, slight wear along file fold clear of stamp, Very Fine, ex Hall

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). With crossed-lines precancel, square margins to touching design on two sides, clear strike of "Forwarded by Hale & Co. from Boston" oval handstamp (Ty. F3) on Aug. 24, 1844 folded letter to Springfield Mass., manuscript "Penny post paid" indicating that local delivery in Springfield was prepaid, stamp with diagonal crease and cover and stamp with slight overall toning, appears Very Fine, the earliest precancel in the world

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Hale & Co., 5c Blue, Street Address Omitted (75L5). Cut to shape, rich color, cancelled by manuscript "B" and by pen, "Hale & Co.’s Mail/Paid at Boston" wavy-line frame handstamp (Ty. P1) on Nov. 8, 1844 docketed folded cover to New York City, manuscript "P.P.Paid" (Penny Post Paid) for prepaid local delivery and "L.B. Jr." (presumably the clerk's initials), minor soiling, Very Fine

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