Lot 1540
Guam, San Luis d'Apra, Guam (1, 2, 5), straightline handstamp in violet and matching "Dec 9 1899" datestamp tying 1¢ deep green, 2¢ red and 5¢ blue, first printing, on envelope to San Francisco (1.20.00) via Manila (12.16). Very Fine.
Estimate 150 - 200
THE EARLIEST RECORDED USAGE OF THIS CANCELLATION.
When the Guam post office was moved ashore in November, 1899, the U.S.S. "Yosemite" was moved to a more secure anchorage at San Luis d'Apra harbor. Covers with this cancellation were serviced on board the "Yosemite", and its mail facilities remained an unofficial branch of the Guam post office until the ship was lost to a typhoon in November, 1900.
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