
Lot
342
San Francisco, Cal. (San Francisco), with rare "20" San Francisco accountancy mark on fold tissue paper cover from Bordeaux, France with its red dispatch postmark, inscribed in manuscript at top "For boat to ship via England & Panama" in French, carried by the British to Panama and by the Pacific Mail Steamship to San Francisco where it was charged the steamship rate of 20 cents, Very Fine, San Francisco accountancy marks are the rarest of all the U.S. ports. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $425