Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011
Category — 1869 Pictorial Issue and 1875 Re-Issue (Scott 112-133)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1578
3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by segmented cork cancel, "San Francisco Cal. Apr. 8" circular datestamp, also tied by "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, San Bernadino" oval handstamp struck twice on front and once on back of buff cover to Placerville Cal., Very Fine and extremely rare, carried by express from San Bernadino to San Francisco where it entered the mails to Placerville, the use of the 3c stamp instead of an embossed entire was illegal, with 1979 P.F. certificate
E. 500-750
375