Lot 40654 – 1844 USA UNITED STATES LOCAL MAIL Hale & Co 5c red octogonal cut on cover

1844, HALE & Co. 5c vermilion, cut octagonally, cut slightly into on two sides, used on cover to Hartford, CT cancelled by pen cross with alongside two strikes of bluish green “FORWARDED BY HALE & CO. FROM SPRINGFIELD postmark, endorsed “Hales Express” at bottom left; signed Diena; (Sc 75L2)