Lot 1841
P.O./ Frontera/ 10 Feby 52, neat magenta manuscript postmark on rebacked buff cover to Washington with four copies of 3¢ orange brown (10), margins to slightly in, each with matching pen cancels which have been additionally cancelled in brown ink, manuscript "Via San Antonio" at lower left, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Although the routing for this is different than the cover in the previous lot, Gardner may have been misunderstood the rate, franking it at double the 6c rate for letters over 3,000 miles, though a quadruple 3¢ rate may have been intended. This was probably handled by J.R. Sweet & Co., as described in his 1851 letter.
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| Realized $2,500 |
