$2 Columbian On Local Cover Used Accidentally Instead Of A 2 Cent ?

I saw this cute little cover in the Matthew Bennett sale 365 today. At first I thought it might be a $2 Columbian that was used accidentally instead of a 2 cent Columbian. This is a local cover with no apparent registration markings so the rate should be simply 2 cents. The $2 is close to the same color as the 2 cent (in a pouch of one cent blues and three cent greens, the $2 brown red and 2 cent brown violet could be easily misidentified).

(I have a $2 lamp #1611 on commercial cover along with a 37 cent stamp during the first class 39 cent rate that I figure the $2 stamp was mistaken for a 2 cent make up rate).

But alas, Siegel sale #952 has a solo $4 and solo $5 cover to the same addressee. For the $5 cover, they offer this humorous comment in the description:

"Only a small part of the postage paid was necessary for the letter to reach its intended destination. The recipient, Otto G. Mayer & Co., was a shipping and commission firm that started business in 1835. However, by 1902 they were insolvent and declared bankruptcy, due in part to a sharp decline in the price of rubber. Perhaps the high cost of this stamp contributed to their bankruptcy as well."

All five of the Columbian Dollar value covers are known from this "correspondence". Obviously philatelic souvenirs, all dated the same Sept 22, 1893. The $1, $2, and $3 were previously sold in Siegel Sale #511, Lots 1262, 1272, and 1281. Nice to have a color image of this cover; the early Siegel images were in black/white.

Great research. It seems those were pre-PowerSearch, I couldn't find those originally.