Via Nicaragua/In Advance Of The Mails/Sullivan. Black double-lined oval handstamp on cover to Fayette, Maine, "Supplied From J. W. Sullivan's Newspaper Office" San Francisco black double-lined oval handstamp on the back, entered the mails with "New-York, Apr 26" large cds tying 1851 3¢ dull red pair and second strike on the Sullivan handstamp, flap torn, Very Fine and rare, ex-Wiltsee, Jessup. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)

Via Nicaragua/In Advance Of The Mails/Sullivan. Blue-green double-lined oval handstamp on cover with "Fisher & Co. Hat & Cap Warehouse" embossed blue cameo corner card in the shape of a Top Hat with a Cap on the inside, addressed to Francestown, New Hampshire & franked with 1851 3¢ dull red pair (four large margins, trivial corner wrinkle) tied by "New-York, Mar 14" cds where it entered the mails, flap torn, Very Fine, a stunning usage, Cover illustrated in color in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 234). Estimate  $500 - 750. $0 (Image)