Details For Cover ID# 29498
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| Cover Type: | USA domestic stampless |
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| Entered by: | tankcurator |
| Added on: | Aug 2, 22 |
| Edited on: | Aug 2, 22 |
| Postmark: | Feb 4, 1850 |
| Origin: | San Francisco, California, UNITED STATES |
| Destination: | Newburgh, New York, UNITED STATES |
| Description: | Manila envelope marked with two black strikes of "40" inside a rounded rectangle, paying the 1st class fee from California to New York state. Single strike of San Francisco CAL cds dated Feb 4 (1850) Addressed to Allen M. Sherman, a lawyer and judge in Orange Co. NY Very faint manuscript "Paid" underneath upper strike of "40". On reverse in pencil is "Rich Gulch / Jany 20/1850" Envelope appears to have carried a thick letter, as the envelope flap is distorted at the top. |
| Certificate? | No |
| For Sale? | No |
| Stampless? | Yes |