France and French Colonies Via San Francisco Pre-1870
Sale No: 93
Lot No:4055
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Australian States: New South Wales, 1852 (Aug. 2) Sydney, New South Wales to Boston Mass. via San Francisco. Blue folded letter sent out of mails by ship Abyssinia via Tahiti to San Francisco, sharp "Forwarded by G.B. Post & Co., San Francisco" forwarder's oval, entered mails with "San Francisco Cal., 15 Jan" cds and matching "10" due rating handstamp for 10¢ rate via Panama to Boston; small erosion spot, Very Fine,ex-Clifford. Estimate; $500 - 750.
G.B. Post was a San Francisco forwarder of mail to and from Hawaii and other Pacific Islands. Post Street in San Francisco was named for him. Est. $500-750 (Image)