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Item# 20064
Price: $30
US 65, 3¢ rose used with target cancel and matching occupied NEW ORLEANS / LA // JAN / 8 / 1863 double-circle datestamp on cover to Wm Hester, Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois, with interesting ORIGINAL 4-PAGE LETTER (pages 1 and 4) (pages 2-3) headed 11 St. Castleman Villas, Barnes, England, Decr 31, 1862, and signed Virginia (?) Waite mentioning Sir Roland (sic) Hill (initiator of the first postage stamp – the penny-black in England) saying she had received a letter from him declaring that the Boston post office had acknowledged the receipt and delivery of a letter which her husband declares he never received. H says he has not received any letters from her since July 19. She also mentions taking her child to the Crystal Palace to see the Christmas decorations. $30.