Lot 1290
Postal Note, Philadelphia, Pa., Martin type PN1, Note No. 1, with bold purple "Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 3, 1883, M.O.B." First Day of Issue postmark, bold MOB (Money Order Business) payable at Washington D.C., printed by Homer Lee Bank Note Co., New York; some filing pinholes at top, accompanied by letter from the P.O. Office Superintendent of Money Order System reading in part…"I beg to transmit, as a specimen and souvenir, Postal Note No. 1, issued at Philadelphia, Pa., on Washington D.C.", Very Fine, a very rare first day of issue of Note "No 1", only 57 first day notes recorded for all states and only three for Philadelphia.Estimate $500 - 750.
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