Lot
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(Baltimore & Ohio R.R.) Washington Rail Rd., May 9, blue cds on blue folded letter datelined "Washington May 8th 1849" to Concord Mass. bearing manuscript canceled 1847 10¢ Black (2), four large margins, transferred at Baltimore for New York and Boston; cover staining at right, Very Fine and rare. Towle No. 239-N-1 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED 10¢ 1847 ISSUE USES WITH THE WASHINGTON RAILROAD ROUTE AGENT MARKING.
The letter is addressed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, from his brother-in-law Dr. Jackson (who discovered Ether).
Realized: $1,700