Lot
247 
Adams & Co., San Francisco, Jun 24, blue double circle handstamp (ADA-1000) on 1854 folded letter to San Francisco, sent from George Derley in San Diego dealing with the purchase of the rancho Santa Margarita de los Peñasquitas…There is a beautiful little rancho near here called Peñasquitas which I can buy cheap, letter carried by Adams from San Diego to San Francisco with handstamp applied to letter when it reached San Francisco, manuscript "Adams & Co. Express - Please Deliver" at lower left, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $210