Lot no. 435

5c. red brown, fresh colour, ample to large margins all round, tied by red cds. "ANNAPOLIS Md. OCT 1" to large parts of folded letter to "Surgeon Ninian Pinkney U.S.N. / U.S.S. Steam Frigate Susquehanna Spezzia, Sardinia, Italy", endorsed "5 cents prepaid" and "Per Cunard Line", with adjacent manuscript "17" and red "NEW YORK Br. Pkt. OCT 15", very fine, illustrated in Frajola and Mayer, page 98, fig. 8-4, certificate PF. Scott No. 12 Provenance: Joseph Hackmey