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(Tennessee) Washington College. Te., bold strike of postmark with matching "Feb. 13" date handstamp below ties 3¢ dull red (11A), large margins to touched, pre-use crease, on cover to Emery & Henry College, Va., Very Fine. Estimate $500 - 750.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS COLLEGE STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK.
Washington College was a school of traditions and venerable age having been founded in 1783 as an Academy in what is now Eastern Tennessee. There is a small town near it now having a population of about 500 people known as Limestone. This is a true college postmark.
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Realized: $1,350