Lot 518
1857, 10¢ green, type I (31), with wide lower margin, well tied by 5-point shaded star in blue on pale yellow cover to Byron Michigan, with matching "Marysville Cal. Jun. 9" c.d.s. and "Detained/ For/ Postage" with brackets added in pen by the Marysville clerk, manuscript "Via Los Angeles" at top left, indicating this was to go via the Butterfield overland route, there is an additional Marysville postmark on reverse with a May date (possibly 3 or 23); cover with some edge tears, stamp with very trivial toning in corner perfs at top left, still Fine, a seldom offered auxiliary marking, one of four recorded examples.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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