Lot 1642
1900 (Feb. 24) "San Luis D'Apra, Guam", type 1.6 straightline postmark with separate datestamp tying 1¢ 2¢ and 5¢ (1, 2, 5), two partial strikes of "bear's paw" grids, on cover to Robert E. Cox, Altoona, Pa., backstamped San Francisco Mar 22 and Altoona Mar 27; gum stains around 1¢ and 2¢ Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
When the Guam post office was moved ashore in November of 1899, the Yosemite moved to a more secure anchorage at San Luis d'Apra harbor. Its mail facilities remained an unofficial branch of the Guam post office until the ship was lost to a typhoon in November of 1900. This cancelling device, along with Murphy's type 1.7, is believed to have been privately fabricated aboard the Yosemite.
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