Lot 6
PANAMA, red straightline on a white envelope to Baltimore with free frank of John C. Frémont ("Free J.C. Frémont./U.S. Senate") and addressed entirely in his hand, bold "STEAM/SHIP" handstamp in black, wax seal removed from back, Very Fine, a superb example of this marking, known used between July 13 and November 7, 1850.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
Frémont was elected by the California legislature to represent the new state in the U.S. senate, sailing for Washington by way of Panama, taking his seat in the senate on Sept. 10, 1850.
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