1857 1c blue, type I, unused with original gum, bright color, sharp impression, well centered for this issue, fine, with 2002 PFC, cat. $2100 (Cat No. 18) (Image)

Cat. $2100, Est.US$1,000

1857 1c blue, type IV, triple transfer, one inverted, position 71L1L, recut twice at top and once at bottom (only four such recuts on the plate), deep rich color, used, faint crease, otherwise fine and very rare, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 23var) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.US$750

1857 3c dull red, two distinct shades, n.h., exceptionally wide margins for issue, with 2006 PSE and 2018 PSAG certificates, each graded "XF90" (SMQ $1,250) (Cat No. 26) (Image)

Est.US$500

1857 cover (partly restored on back) sent in 1861 from San Francisco, paying 16 cents (10c and pair of 3c) overpaying the rate by 6c, to Guadalajara, via a ship of the PMSC line to Acapulco, where 2 reales was charged for internal postage, fine (Cat No. 26,35) (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1857 24c gray lilac, tied by red grids on cover via New York (Apr 30) to London, with May 13, 1861 arrival pmk, minor cover flaws, otherwise fine, signed Alcuri, with 1984 Scott Philatelic Co. certificate, cat. $1000 (Cat No. 37) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.US$250

1857 90c blue, used, relatively light black cancel, well centered for issue, small faults as often encountered in this high value, very rare genuinely used, with 2004 PFC ("with a tear at left center and small faults"), fine appearance (This 90c stamp was actually issued in 1860 and was in use for only one year because of the outbreak of the Civil War, when supplies of current U.S. stamps were declared invalid in the South and ultimately demonetized in the North. Genuinely canceled copies of the 90c are scarce) cat. $10500 (Cat No. 39) (Image)

Cat. $10500, Est.US$2,500

1858 Mississippi boat "Bluff City", red straight line "per Bluff City" cancel in red, neatly struck on 3c stationery entire envelope to New Orleans, with black "Steam" and New Orleans May 24 pmks, fine (Image)

Est.US$250

1861 outer FL with oval "Wells, Fargo San Francisco May 14" and "Paid" in blue alongside, addressed to the United States Consul in Victoria, Vancouver Island, sent by Capt. George G. Welles of the bank "Emily Banning," filing folds, otherwise fine, scarce Ship Letter (Image)

Est.US$500

1864 cover endorsed "from U.S.Steamer Saranac Pacific Squadron," addressed to Philadelphia, with "Steamship 10" payment at upper right, some toning, otherwise fine (USS Saranac was a sloop of war of the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1850 and saw service protecting American interests in the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Pacific Ocean. During the Civil War, Saranac patrolled America's west coast) (Image)

Est.US$150