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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# : 4016
Date: 03/29/2023 - 19:00
California Postal History
black double circle datestamp and arced "Ship 5" due handstamp on incoming cover from Hong Kong, endorsed "per Victor", very fine, the port of entry fee in San Francisco was reduced from 6c to 5c in early 1852
When the Victor arrived in San Francisco on May 5 after 58 days at sea, it carried 240 passengers from China in addition to 11 shipwrecked Japanese passengers rescued at sea.
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Starting Price: $150
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