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THE JEFFREY M. FORSTER COLLECTION OF 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE DOMESTIC USAGES continued...

Prices realized...
The Jeffrey M. Forster Collection of 1869 Pictorial Issue Domestic Covers continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description Est/Cat Realized
1056 c image3c Ultramarine (114). Tied by quartered cork cancel, second strike on 3c Pink entire (U58) with Bamber & Co.'s Express printed frank, conjunctive use with "Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Apr. 13" blue oval datestamp, addressed to H. B. Shaw in Alfred Me., 3c 1869 pays additional postage for double rate

VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE USE OF THE 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE ON A CONJUNCTIVE WESTERN EXPRESS COVER.

Ex Juhring (Image)

E. 1,500-2,000 1,600.00
1057 c image3c 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 (Image) E. 750-1,000 550.00

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