Lot
856 (
)
1870, 10¢ brown, tied to cover front only in combination with Fiji Times Express 1 shilling, laid batonne paper, by San Francisco October 6 (1871) duplex postmark, additional San Francisco Steamship postmark of the same date, carried by the Wonga Wonga (under charter to Hall's Line) that departed Fiji on September 11 and arrived at San Francisco, via Hawaii, on October 6, 1871, some minor faults, Very Fine and rare, the only reported example of the 1sh on cover and the only combination cover with U.S. stamp, ex-Seybold, Lagerloef, Purves, Robertson and Mayer; 1987 R.P.S. cert. (which is now missing) states, "genuine as far as one can say for an incomplete cover". Scott No. 150 Estimate $10,000 - 15,000.
Realized: $9,000