Lot 144
"Ockotsk Sea, Shantor Bay July 30, 1854", dateline on folded letter from the Okhotsk Sea New Siberia to Westerly, R.I., carried privately via Hawaii to San Francisco, clear Sep. 13th c.d.s. and matching "SHIP 12" handstamp (10¢ unpaid rate for transcontinental mail + 2¢ ship fee); slight edge wear, Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
This was written by a whaler who tells his recipient: "We have taken 16 whales…Last season there was but 30 to 40 ships in here…There are at least 100 ships here this season."
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