Lot 28

"Forwarded/ Via/ Nicaragua/ From/ Noisy Carriers Publishing Hall/ San Francisco", beautiful bold and clear strike of double-lined handstamp on blue 1853 folded letter to Boston, Mass.bearing horizontal pair of 1851 3¢ dull red (11) cut in at left, tied by bold "New-York Dec 13" c.d.s.; vertical crease at right affects right adhesive, otherwise Very Fine and attractive. Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF THIS SCARCE MARKING.
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Realized $2,000 |