Lot 41292 – 1853 5c Blue and 13c dark red, both mint with good
1853 5c Blue and 13c dark red, both mint with good clear margins all around and original gum, fresh shades, the 5c is signed Gebr. Senf, Leipzig, very fine and scarce (Scott $2’750)
1857 5c Blue, Thin White Wove (8). Full to large margins including right sheet margin, clear at top, tied
by “Honolulu U.S. Postage Paid Sep. 8” (1857) circular datestamp, used with United States 1851
12c Black (17), large margins including left interpane margin with centerline, both stamps tied by “San
Francisco Cal. Oct. 5, 1857” circular datestamp on buff cover to J. T. McMurran at Natchez Miss., docketing
indicates sender was Thomas M. Jordan, slight edgewear, Extremely Fine, carried on British bark
Sebastopol (depart Sep. 8, arrive Sep. 29), PMSC Golden Gate left on Oct. 5 but returned with broken shaft,
Golden Age took the Panama mail (depart Oct. 11, arrive Oct. 24), carried to New York on USMSC Star of
the West (depart Oct. 24, arrive Nov 4), signed Ashbrook, ex Krug and Haas…
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