Lot
4165 
Postal Card, 1885, 1¢ brown on buff, cancelled by "Plain City, O., May 31, 1886" octagon datestamp and target cancel to Ostrander Oh., label affixed "Post Office Department, Dead Letter Office, Washington D.C., July 15, 1886, This letter was contained in a mail pouch which was stolen at Milford Centre, Ohio, May 31, 1886, and found rifled in a field near by July 3, 1886", manuscript "G660 Vol 40" filing notation; some staining, Fine and rare robbery item. Scott No. UX8 Estimate $300 - 400.
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Realized: $1,500