Lot
138 
Samoa, 1890, Palms, 1d green, perf 12 x 11½, bright colors, used in conjunction with United States, 5¢ indigo (216), tied by three strikes of circular waffle grid cancel on 1888 cover to Washington D.C., light strike of magenta "San Francisco Paid All Aug. 4" cds and Washington D.C. Aug. 10th receiving backstamps, manuscript "26" in correspondence, Very Fine and choice, Odenweller Census No. 287. Scott Nos. 11b, 13b Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
AN ATTRACTIVE AND RARE UNITED STATES AND SAMOA MIXED FRANKING.
Illustrated in Odenweller's Samoa book on page 210 (Fig. 21.3). The Odenweller book notes that the grids tying the Samoa and U.S. stamps are different, but they are identical and were applied to all three stamps upon arrival in San Francisco.