1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA Andersen pottery I'd be inclined to follow

I'd be inclined to follow him too

slight folds/bumps to the corners

and that the piece could be removed if desired (though I think this really makes a perfect pillow front

this pot has definitely seen some things

1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA Andersen pottery I'd be inclined to followI was recently reminded, coming upon this and a couple of other covers envelopes listed today, of the beauty of fancy old cancellation marks and also how they bring a certain drama to whole face of an envelop, formally and informationally. Here I love the vertical stripes of the cancellation, blacking out the profile portrait of George Washington (like placing him behind bars), with this nice intersection of the red ring around him and the black ring