Lot
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(Dead Letter Office) Philada. Pa. Post Office, Jan 26 '65, 3rd, double-circle datestamp ties 2¢ black (73) on orange cover to local street address, reverse with script "Not called for / No such person can be found" two-line handstamp and matching "Dead, Phila. Post Office, Mar 4, 1865", Very Fine. Estimate $400 - 600.
Philadelphia maintained its own dead letter office. Most letters in the Dead Letter Office were inbound inter-city mail. Familiarity with who resides in town, died, or moved away, and when they did so, was generally much greater for residents of the same town compared to elsewhere.
Realized: $350