FLORIDA. William Hilliard, Tallahassee Post Office. 12-1/2 Cents. Tallahassee. [1837 era]. Steamboats in harbor, framed in a square. Flanking, '12 1/2/CENTS'. Identical end panels. 'Good to the bearer for TWELVE 1/2 CTS. at the Post Office in Tallahassee, payable in postage or Current Bank Notes'. Imprint of 'New England Bank Note Co. Cassidy 365. Freeman 48; Rarity 7. Another wonderful note from the engraved series of notes by NEBN. Any problems are easy to ignore. Must be called Fine. A superb note for the specialist in several obsolete currency genres.
Ex Harley L. Freeman Collection (RARCOA, May 13-15, 1977, lot 868)
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