Sale 260


Lot 29



Way., large oval handstamp and manuscript "11" on March 6, 1854 folded letter from New York to Capt. Thomas Cropper of the Steamer "Cortez" in San Francisco, a ship of the Nicaragua Steamship Co., the 11¢ representing the 10¢ unpaid transcontinental rate plus a 1¢ way fee, Fine and rare. The Cortez sailed from San Francisco to Nicaragua Mar. 16, 1854, returning to S.F. on Apr. 16th; the letter was intended to reach Capt. Cropper while he was back in California.
Estimate 750 - 1,000

A 1952 letter from Ashbrook which accompanies this lot speculates the cover was carried by a non-contract ship of the Vanderbilt line, even though a contract ship, the Ohio, sailed from New York the day the letter was written. As the way marking is usually found on mail carried by contractors, the latter ship is more likely.


 
Realized $1,050



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