2c "Striding Messenger" D.O. Blood & Co. local post cover
National Postal Museum

2c "Striding Messenger" D.O. Blood & Co. local post cover

April 15, 1847

paper; ink
National Postal Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
National Postal Museum

1847 folded letter/announcement with D.O. Blood & Co. 2-cent Striding Messenger local stamp affixed, Scott 15L5; letter is a printed announcement dated April 15, 1847 of a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Rail Road Company; addressed to "G.W. Carpenter, Esq." with street address in pencil below "8th & Marks [?]"; stamp hand cancelled with a manuscript X

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