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$1.00 Columbian (Scott No. 241) on large registered Columbian 5c entire (U350), tied by East Boothbay, ME CDS and Target cancellations. Deering Center, Maine CDS. Original manuscript registration #16 at left edge, with arrival registration # 5106 handstamped in magenta. Addressed to "William H. Bliss, Treasurer" at Boston, Mass; name of sender "Phillip M. Green" at left.

Cover image courtesy Julio Maia of Portugal (from his Exhibit "That Glorious Deed")

RELATED COVERS.

This cover is part of a set of six similar covers mailed between July 14, 1893 and Nov 18, 1893.

Collage of all five covers courtesy Robert A Siegel#800 (May 9, 1998) Lot 346 Realized $7,000.

These covers are (Ludeman Set ID S27):

$1.00 7/14/1893 Census ID 43 Ludeman Census ID [B-1017]
$2.00 8/5/1893 Census ID 57 Ludeman Census ID [B-1018]
$2.00 11/18/1893 Census ID 157 Ludeman Census ID [A-0097]
$3.00 8/7/1893 Census ID 59 Ludeman Census ID [B-1019]
$4.00 7/14/1893 Census ID 44 Ludeman Census ID [B-1020]
$5.00 7/19/1893 Census ID 51 Ludeman Census ID [B-1021]

Not in Searing.

All six cover images shown below.