Lot 6044
San Francisco, California, 1850 Pre-Statehood Stampless Cover to New York, Orange-Red Circular Datestamp, "40" Rate Handstamp
Scarce Pre-Statehood California Usage with Early Sacramento Reference
Старт: $50
Оценка: $100 - $150
San Francisco, pre-statehood California stampless cover, Jun 1 (1850) large orange-red circular datestamp with integral rate 40c due, transcontinental rate to New York City. Given 40c rate period, cover could be 1850 or 1851, however this large circular datestamp usage aligns to 1850 for June (was not in use a year later), pencil docketing on reverse states "letter dated 5/31/1850" consistent with assessment of circular datestamp, although letter no longer present. Manuscript "On Front between I and J streets, Sacramento City" referring to writer's location in early Sacramento, which was on the waterfront in 1850.
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The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 | June 26-28
Sale 32: Western Postal History & Expresses — Saturday, June 27, 2026 | 6pm EST, 3pm PST
We are honored to present The Philatelic Icons Sale, the largest and most significant auction Americana Stamps has ever offered.
America's history lives in the letters that crossed goldfields and battle lines, in express covers that linked frontier towns to the outside world, and in the stamps that mark how a young country built its postal system from scratch. This sale brings together more than 1,500 lots that trace that story, including philatelic icons seldom offered to the public.
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