$400,000 Rare Lincoln Stamp

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A rare 90 cent Abraham Lincoln stamp used to ship a letter from Boston to an Ice House in Calcutta in 1873 is expected to fetch up to $400,000 at a New York auction in June.

Believed to be the only such 90 cent stamp actually used for postage, the letter was mailed from Boston by the Tudor Ice Co. to James H. Bancroft at the company’s icehouse storage facility in Caluctta with $1.12 in postage, including the 90 cents 1869 stamp.

The so-called “Ice House Cover” is being auctioned by Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries.

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