Lote 1653

✉ ESTADOS UNIDOS. 1845. Letter sent from ST. LOUIS to PHILADELPHIA, posted on November 30th 1845, franked with one Postmaster's Provisional postage stamp, Bears of St. Louis-Missouri Coat of Arms 10 cents black, imperforated, recess printed on thin greenish wove paper without watermark. Cancelled and tied to the cover by the red circular datestamp ST. LOUIS MO./NOV. 30, with straight-line unframed red PAID and manuscript "10". Probably the earliest date known for this issue. Cert. SISMONDO.