Lot 214
San Francisco, Cal. (FX-SF1a), on 1900 cover from Brigham, Utah to Taiohae, Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands (now French Polynesia), franked with pen-cancelled 5¢ blue & 8¢ violet brown (281, 27), manuscript "Via San Francisco", with boxed Brigham registered postmark, Jul 31, backstamped San Francisco (Aug 4) and Papeete, Tahiti (Sep 6). Very Fine. Estimate 750 - 1,000
An exceedingly rare destination—Nukahiva Island, a small speck in the South Pacific, was surely the recipient of very little registered mail.
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Realized $700 |