Page 20 - Charles Shreve - William H Gross United States 1847 Issue

C. Printing Variations Preprinting Paper Folds

These are caused when paper stock used in the printing has creases in it before the
printing impressions are made. \Vhen unfolded, they show areas absent of ink.

Red brown e Incomplete impression at top left Reddish brown
due to fold over - Red brown e

Dark brown Darkbrown e

Pale red brown

]A 2, 1851 written at Louisville, KY posted at Cincinnati, OH to Bremen, Germany via Liverpool Oanuary 20).
Standard 5 ~ shore to ship postage rate under the US-UK 1848 Convention.
Carried by non-mail contract steamer to Cincinnati. e