Lot 3139
Salt Lake City, Utah, May 1, cds and matching "5" rating handstamp for unpaid rate on 1854 adversity cover made from printed East India Company form to Philadelphia Pa., Very Fine and scarce territorial use, The earliest recorded example of this Salt Lake City cds..Estimate $300 - 400.
Since the Post Office Department prohibited collect mail beginning April 1st 1855, this cover can be dated to 1854.
Realized: $270