![FLORIDA. William Hilliard, Tallahassee Post Office. 75 Cents. Tallahassee. [1837 era]. Ship with furled...](http://www.stacksarchive.com/gallery/SL0505b/42/SL0505b4226t2.jpg "FLORIDA. William Hilliard, Tallahassee Post Office. 75 Cents. Tallahassee. [1837 era]. Ship with furled...") FLORIDA. William Hilliard, Tallahassee Post Office. 75 Cents. Tallahassee. [1837 era]. Ship with furled sails, framed in a circle. Flanking, '75/Cents'. Identical end panels with text denomination. 'Good to the bearer for Seventy Five Cents [Gothic] at the Post Office in Tallahassee, payable in postage or Current Bank Notes'. Imprint of 'New England Bank Note Co. The 'or Current Bank Notes' is crossed out lightly with a thin line. Cassidy 368. Freeman 51; Rarity 7. A solid Fine note. Some moderate soiling, but uniform and not distracting. Exceptional grade for a rarity of this magnitude. Perhaps the last chance at a note from this series for quite some time. The Werner Sale was in 1989 and the Freeman Sale was in 1977; that is only two chances in 28 years for notes from this fascinating issue.
Ex Harley L. Freeman Collection (RARCOA, May 13-15, 1977, lot 871)
The crossing off would indicate a further series of notes when their wasn't currency to exchange.
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