Local stamp? Carrier stamp?

[jaywild]

I'm asking for a friend, who ran across this item.  Since I don't have a catalog anymore I can't look it up.

It says "U S P O" but it's not a Post Office issue (that I am aware of).  The pen notation suggests it was fairly common, since it indicates twelve plates were used printing this stamp.

[airbornestamps]

That is a carrier stamp, the number is not a plate number it is the catalog 

#7LB12

Scott has a used value at around $275.  There are a few listed on ebay.. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=US+%237LB12&_sacat=260

[jaywild]

airbornestamps...

Thanks.  I've notified my friend.

[billsey]

Also notify him of the effect that center crease/tear has to the actual value, as opposed to the catalog value. 🙂

[jaywild]

Yep, one more example of that exasperating 19th Century habit of refolding received letters before filing them away.  More often than not a new fold goes right through the stamp.  Below is another example, a very nice Scott 9 position 100L1L marred by a fold just below the middle.