Lot 40645 – 1853 Letter from San Francisco via Nicaragua to London with 1851-57 3c & 12c two pairs

1853 (Dec 30) Entire letter from San Francisco to London, endorsed « Via Nicaragua » at top right, franked by 1851-57 3c dull red pair, part of the frame line missing at top, and 12c grey-black, upper sheet-margin pair with clear to huge margins, tied by grids of seven bars applied in transit in New York, with quite neat « VIA NICARAGUA/AHEAD OF THE MAILS » octagonal handstamp in blue, and red « Paid » London cds at right, being uncommonly treated as fully prepaid, pressed out vertical filing fold passing through one 12c; one of two covers recorded with this Via Nicaragua postmark sent to a foreign destination; ex Piller and Goldberg.