Lot 8
1¢ Blue types II and IIIa (7, 8A), horizontal strip of six, position 14-19R1e, types II-IIIa-II-IIIa-IIIa-IIIa, ample to mostly large margins except position 16 touched at top center, cancelled by neat strikes of fancy open grids, tied by light 1851 docketing in pencil at far left, on buff envelope to Sing Sing, N.Y., bold "San Francisco Cal. 1 Oct." c.d.s., Very Fine usage, the type IIIa stamps are Very Fine or Extremely Fine.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
Provenance: Jessup, Grunin
One of the greatest western usages of the 1851 issue. According to Stanley Ashbrook, this is the earliest known use of the 1¢ 1851 from California.
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