Sale 59: The Robert J. Karrer Collection of Charleston Postal History

Lot 4194    

Confederacy, Charleston S.C. Jan 5 1861, double-circle cds on cover bearing 3¢ dull red (26) tied by "San Francisco Cal. Dec 11 1860" cds and with pencil "Due 7" on cover to Long Green Md., all-over hotel advertising cover; cover
faults incl. mended tears and faulty, F.-V.F., ex-Welch.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

This cover was carried on a steamer bound for Panama, transferred to Panama Railroad for transit across the Isthmus, then via steamer to Charleston and forwarded on to Baltimore.