cover 10c Black (2), three large margins, large to slightly in at L., small corner crease, tied by red grid on Feb. 1851 gray folded letter addressed to "Capt. Stribling, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.", faint red Columbia ?, Feb ? c.d.s., contents from a former mid-shipman who recently departed Annapolis to one of his instructors, cover file folds, stamp has small corner creases, nearly fine, Scott retail $1,750.00