1823 EARLIEST KNOWN USE NEWPORT RHODE ISLAND OVAL CANCEL
NEWPORT TO BRISTOL - PECK CORRESPONDENCE

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Very attractive Earliest known Use of Pretty Newport Cancel on Classic Peck Correspondence

Manuscript 6[¢] Rate for
Letter going not over 30 miles

Front: Attractive black fancy oval Newport Cancel. This was submitted to the American Stampless Cover Catalog and accepted as the earliest known use of this cancel. Manuscript 6¢ marking for postage of a letter traveling not over 30 miles.
Reverse: Small engraved owner's mark
Notes: The earliest known use of the Ornate Newport Oval Handstamp.
Condition: Very Fine with usual vertical file folds.
Contents: Sheet Folded Letter (SFL) Dateline: Newport August 20, 1823 from Stephen DeBlois in Newport to Peck & Company. Contents discuss the necessity of perhaps having a dockside auction using cargo samples as flour is not selling well and the need to avoid paying for unloading if the cargo needs to be reshipped to another port.

Reverse of Cover

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