Lot 910
Guam 1899, 1¢, 2¢ and 5¢ (1, 2, 5), tied by blue type 1.6 "SAN LUIS D'APRA, GUAM" straightline and matching "DEC -9 1899" datestamp on business reply envelope to San Francisco stamps dealer Makins & Co., backstamped Manila Mil. Sta. No. 1, Dec 16, and San Francisco, Jan 20, 1900, fresh and Extremely Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
THIS AND THE NEXT COVER ARE THE EARLIEST RECORDED USES OF THE SAN LUIS D'APRA STRAIGHTLINE.
When the Guam post office was moved ashore in November of 1899 the Yosemite moved to a more secure anchorage at San Luis d'Apra harbor. Its mail facilities remained an unofficial branch of the Guam post office until the ship was lost to a typhoon in November of 1900. This cancelling device, along with Murphy's type 1.7, is believed to have been privately fabricated aboard the Yosemite.
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| Realized $160 |
