Lot 1520
1889 (Mar. 30) Tientsin to Rutland, Vt., bold strike of purple "U.S. Postal Agency * Tientsin * 30 Mar. 89" oval datestamp on cover from the Aiken correspondence bearing 5¢ yellow brown (205) tied by datestamp, reverse with bold red "San Francisco Paid All Apr 30" transit c.d.s. and Rutland, Vt. May 7 receiver, mended nick at top edge, fresh and Very Fine usage.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
AN EXTREMELY RARE U.S. POSTAL AGENCY MARKING WITH ONLY A FEW RECORDED USED AS THE ORIGIN POSTMARK.
Provenance: Knapp
The Tientsin ovalwas used as a transit marking on covers passing through the agency. Of the dozen or so examples known, only a few show the oval datestamp as an origin postmark at Tientsin.
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| Realized $8,000 |
