Lot
1699 
Bicycle Mail Route, 1894, 25¢ Green, spelling error corrected, tied by double bar cancel on brown & gold illustrated Victor Cyclery corner card cover to San Francisco, franked with 2¢ carmine (s.e. at top) tied by "San Francisco, Cal., Jul 19, 1894" machine postmark additionally tying bicycle stamp, purple Overman Wheel Co. handstamp, reverse with purple Bicycle handstamp with "Jul 17, 1894" date, Extremely Fine, a beautiful Fresno to San Francisco usage on Banta'a Victor Cyclery advertising cover, ex-Bleuler; with 2007 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 12L2+220 Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
This was most likely the last bicycle trip from Fresno to San Francisco, as railroad delivery had resumed on July 18th and Banta's service was no longer needed.
Realized: $3,750