Lot 2670 - Balize.: July 28 [1808] straightline handstamp with manuscript date, with matching "Ship" and manuscript "14½" rate on folded letter to New Orleans datelined "Elizabethtown June 26, 1808", interesting contents including "it is my opinion that the Embargo will not be taken off this year unless Bonaparte declares war, which I think is very probable", very fine, a rare example of the Balize straightline on a historically-significant cover,  Sold for US$ 5,500

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