1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA miner or a variety of juices

or a variety of juices for breakfast

but it's rare in my experience to come across one depicting a whole family

4 9/16" d x 4" w x 4 9/16" t and in very good condition

Each measures 9 3/16" x 5 7/8" x 1/2" and while they show wear they are in very good overall condition

1861 Cover with Poignant Cancellation and Upside Down Year: New York to Stoughton, MA miner or a variety of juicesI 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