12c Black, Diagonal Half Used
as 6c (17a). Upper right diagonal half, ample margins, ideally tied
across the cut by blue framed "PAID" straightline with matching
"SONORA, CALIFORNIA/JAN 12, 1852" two-line datestamp on blue folded
letter to Surry Me., from the Jarvis correspondence, ms. "Paid
6cts", slight bleaching along file foldEXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING 12-CENT 1851 BISECT COVER WITH THE RARE SONORA 1852 YEAR-DATED STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK. ONLY FIVE RECORDED COVERS -- ALL FROM THE JARVIS CORRESPONDENCE -- WITH THE 12-CENT 1851 BISECT AND SONORA STRAIGHTLINE.
Ex Brown, Grunin and Zoellner (Image)