Lot
2384 
Public Letter Office, 1864, 15¢ blue, blue scroll frank on 2¢ black entire (U54) locally addressed, with matching scroll border corner card handstamp alongside; cover reduced into corner card at left, Fine, ex-Kuphal. Scott No. 125LU3; $5,000 Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
ONE OF THREE RECORDED USAGES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LETTER OFFICE 15¢ BLUE FRANK.
Other examples of this frank are known bearing a black printed corner card. This example with a handstamp corner card may be an early example prior to the printing of the black corner card. There is also an additional black corner card cover bearing a provisional manuscript 15¢ frank.