Lot
1856 
Official Seal - Typeset, black on blue, o.g., paper h.r., vertical crease at left, Very Fine, ex-Lyons, Richardson. Scott Nos. LOX22 $2,150.
THE UNIQUE LISTING EXAMPLE OF THE PETALUMA TYPESET SEAL.
It is not known exactly when this seal was produced, but it cannot have been before 1904 as the Petaluma Cal. post office was not opened until July of that year.
References: Illustrated and described in detail in Kotanchik (p. 222). Illustrated in Scott Catalogue where noted, "No. LOX22 is unique. It is creased and valued as such." .
Realized: $1,100