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Rare 1846 stamp with local connection sells for $460,000

Posted: December 12, 2012

By Cynthia Cather Burton

The Winchester Star

NEW YORK CITY — A rare stamp with a local connection brought $460,000 at auction here on Tuesday.

The Alexandria Postmaster’s Provisional, one of only six in the world, was used Aug. 25, 1846, to...