Via Nicaragua, In Advance of the Mails, Sullivan, blue oval handstamp on orange buff cover to Freetown Arronet Mass. bearing 3¢ dull red (11A) horizontal pair, tied by "New-York Ship Jan 9" cds, Very Fine, a rare example of the "Via Nicaragua" marking from the Sullivan News Office in San Francisco.; with 2010 P.F. certificate. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)

Via Nicaragua, In Advance of the Mails, Sullivan, clear full strike of oval handstamp on 1854 cover to Providence, R.I., with matching "6" in oval rate handstamp, entered the U.S. mails with "New - York, Ship 7cts, Apr 7" cds, with original enclosure datelined "San Francisco, July 16th, 1854", Very Fine, a very scarce usage bearing the seldom seen oval "6" rate handstamp, ex Knapp. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0 (Image)