12c Black (69). Well-centered, minor gum toning, affixed by Honolulu post office over bold “Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Mar. 8” (1862) circular datestamp, tied by cogwheel cancel with matching bold “San Francisco Cal. Mar. 25, 1862” double-circle datestamp on bluish linen-lined cover to Mrs. Amy T. Brown at Boston street address, Very Fine, carried on the American bark Comet, which cleared Honolulu on March 8, 1862, and arrived in San Francisco on March 25, from there it was sent east on the overland stage, ex Pietsch and Gross

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