Sale 1026 — United States Stamps and Postal History, CSA, General Foreign

Sale Date — Wednesday-Thursday, 27-28 June, 2012

Category — Railroad, Express and Ocean Mail Covers

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1774
c
Sale 1026, Lot 1774, Railroad, Express and Ocean Mail CoversHong Kong, February 28, 1865. Dateline on folded letter to Boston Mass., neat strikes of red "Via Marseilles" straightline handstamp and "Augustine Heard & Co. Hong Kong" oval on back, both applied by the company in Hong Kong, blue "Hong Kong Feb. 28, '65" circular datestamp on back, "1" colonial credit and "2/ -1/2" shilling paid marking, "21 Cents" credit marking to U.S., London transit and Boston Paid receiving datestamps, fresh and Very Fine cover with attractive Augustine Heard & Co. markings

E. 300-400
850