Lot
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Noisy Carrier's Mail., 77 Long Wharf S.F. Cal., bold ornamental boxed handstamp on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Ann Arbor, Mich., uprated with 1851, 1¢ blue, type IV (large margins all around) + 3¢ dull red, horizontal pair (9+11A) tied by neat "San Francisco, Cal., Feb 20" cds's; slight entire edge wear and a few flaws in right 3¢, still Very Fine, ex-Neinken.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Noisy Carriers operated by Charles P. Kimball (1821-1894) acted as a forwarder in San Francisco and sent mails to the east by both the Panama and Nicaragua routes.
Realized: $1,700