拍品描述： CHINA TEA CO. / BANGOR ME. double stamped on an 1847 Braided Hair large cent. Brunk C-424, Rulau Me-100A. Host coin Fine to Very Fine.A well known and avidly collected counterstamp that is more commonly found on silver coinage of the time period. The China Tea Company of Bangor Maine was organized in 1858 under the proprietorship of William H. Adams. Later, Thomas White operated the business until 1873, when it became the White Tea Co. They were located at 51 W. Market Square in the 1870s.From the Steve Tompkins Collection.