Lot
905 
1853 (Jun. 1) San Francisco, Cal. to Glasgow, Scotland via Adams Express, blue linen-lined Gibbs correspondence cover endorsed "per Str 'California' to Panama thence via N. York" and "p. Adams Cos. Express to be Mailed in N. York", black "New-York Am. Pkt. Jul 2" debit exchange cds and manuscript "84" rating for four-times the 21¢ rate, red London (7.14.1853) transit back stamp and "4" shilling rating for the quadruple rate, Glasgow (7.14) arrival backstamp, Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
This cover was carried out of the mails by Adams Express on PMSS "California" from San Francisco Jun. 1st 1853 to Panama arriving Jun. 16th. Then by USMSC "Georgia" from Aspinwall Jun. 19th to New York arriving Jun. 29th. Entered the mails at New York and then departed on Havre Line "Humboldt" from New York Jul. 2nd to Southampton arriving Jul. 13th.
Realized: $800