Lot
4062 
Brattleboro, Vt., 1846, 5¢ black on buff, position 8, margins huge at top showing significant portion of adjacent stamp, ample at right and at bottom showing traces of "Engd. by Thos. Chubbuck, Bratto." imprint, bit in at left, tied by red straight line "Paid" handstamp on 1846 folded letter to Lewis B. Woodruff in New York, matching "Battleboro, Vt., Sep 18" cds, Very Fine, ex-Hatfield and Bingham; with 1968 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 5X1 $25,000.
AN ATTRACTIVE ON COVER USAGE OF THE 5¢ BRATTLEBORO PROVISIONAL ISSUE - ONE OF ONLY THREE ON COVER USAGES SHOWING ANY PORTION OF THE IMPRINT.