1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA Elizabeth Arden mask box but it can roll along

but it can roll along on the other three

It seems possible this was cut down from a large one

11 1/2" x 11 1/2" x 1"

with general wear to the case as documented

definitely with a good amount of age

1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA Elizabeth Arden mask box but it can roll alongI 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