Row A, Width of the oval " B, Height of the oval
Horizontal lines between the; Row C, Upper frame and oval " D, O of Office, and oval above " E, V of Prov., and oval above " F, V of Prov., and C of Cents " G, C of Cents, and oval below " H, P of Prov., & E or T of 5, 10 " I, I of R. I., and S of Cents " J, P of Post, and P of Prov. " K, E of Office, and I of R. I.
------------------------------------------------------------- |Type|Type|Type|Type|Type|Type|Type|Type|Type|Type|Type|Type| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A |24¼ | 24 | 24 | 23¾| 23¾| 24 | 24 | 24 | 24¼| 24 | 24 | 24¼| | | | | | | | | | | | | | B |18½ | 18¼| 18¼| 18½| 18¼| 18¼| 18¼| 18½| 18¼| 18½|18¼ | 18¼| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | D |12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | E |15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | F |13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | G | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | J | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | -------------------------------------------------------------
This stamp was discovered by the present author, and was first chronicled in an article by him in Le Timbre Poste, of February, 1873. A second specimen is chronicled in Durbin's Philatelic Monthly, of August, 1879. They are both postmarked with the ordinary dated hand stamp of Alexandria, D. C., the word "PAID," and large numeral "5." The first postmark is dated July 10th, that of the second is illegible, but the letter was dated Sept. 9th, 1846.
Large round stamp, 30 mm. in diameter, with border of 40 six-rayed stars. Within "_Alexandria_," above, and "_Post Office_," below, in heavy block capitals, a six-rayed star separating the words, on each side. In the centre "PAID," in smaller capitals, with the numeral "5" beneath.