San Francisco, Cal. Straight line handstamp with magenta "June 20" manuscript date on cover to Connecticut, manuscript "40" rate at top right, some minor edge wear, Very Fine, a very rare first day of usage of the San Francisco straight line handstamp for the first sailing of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Panama, ex-Myerson. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)

San Francisco, Cal. Bold cds (SAF-260) and lighter strike on cover to Oregon City, O.T., both different dates crossed out and manuscript "Sep 9" added, red crayon "12½" crossed out and "25" added for double rate; light wear, Very Fine. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

San Francisco, Cal. Red cds (SAF-260) with matching straight line "Paid" and "40" rate handstamps, on folded letter to Quebec, Canada East datelined "Humboldt Bay California, Misquitoville, 12 December 1850", red "Montreal, L.C., Fe 13, 1851" cds and manuscript "1/3" rate, receiving backstamp, lengthy 7-page enclosure with fascinating content including a brutal Indian attack…After killing him with arrows…they smashed in his skull & literally almost cut him to pieces with his own axe, he had seventeen marks of the edge of the axe on his body & legs, he was nearly made mince meat of, F.-V.F. Estimate  $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

San Francisco, Cal. Incoming double rate cover forwarded to Sonoma with "Easton, Md., Feb 15" origin cds and manuscript "80" rate notation, with S.F. manuscript "Ford. 25" and "105" total due, Very Fine. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

San Francisco, Cal., Oct 1. Cds (SAF-260) on 1849 folded letter to Philadelphia, Pa., matching boxed "40" rate handstamp; horizontal file fold, Very Fine. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0 (Image)