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March United States Postal History
Featuring The Leonard Piszkiewicz Collection of Chicago Postal History, The Van Koppersmith Collection of Philadelphia Postal History and The Tony Dewey Collection of Hartford Postal History
LOT# : 4011
Date: 29.03.2023 - 19:00
California Postal History
black datestamp with matching separate straightline "Paid" and "26" handstamps on 1853 folded letter to Cognac, France, endorsed "By Steamer, via Panama", carried on PMSS's Oregon to Panama, red "New York Am. Packet Apr 2" exchange datestamp and carried on Collins Line Baltic to Liverpool arriving April 14 (British backstamp), Calais entry the next day and matching "8" decimes due, backstamped Paris and Cognac, very fine, 26c paid the treaty rate via England plus 5c West Coast surcharge
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Starting Price: $50
Hammer Price: $500