Details For Cover ID# 30396
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| Cover Type: | Foreign origin, inbound to USA stampless |
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| Entered by: | markrogers |
| Added on: | Apr 2, 26 |
| Edited on: | Apr 2, 26 |
| Postmark: | Mar 9, 1850 |
| Origin: | Victoria, NEW ZEALAND |
| Destination: | New York, New York, UNITED STATES |
| Description: | PER STR COLUMBUS. Red straight line handstamp with manuscript "Ship 42" rate (40¢ trans-continental rate + 2¢ ship Captain fee) on folded letter datelined "Victoria, New Zealand, 9th March 1850" postmarked with red "San Francisco Cal 6 Jun" cds to New York. A RARE USAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND AND CARRIED BY GEORGE LAW'S "COLUMBUS" FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO PANAMA ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE. On June 6th 1850, George Laws steamship "Columbus" arrived at San Francisco and on June 19th she started the first of only two voyages to Panama (Columbus carried mail on her maiden round voyage and a second voyage to Panama). Allen had a "Per Str. Columbus" straightline directional handstamp made up to indicate that these letters were to be bagged for Law's Line and not the contracted carrier. It appears this arrangement was made without consulting Washington D.C., and probably after intervention by William Aspinwall, the arrangement ended after only three round trips. Ex Knapp, Jessup, Milgram |
| Certificate? | No |
| For Sale? | No |
| Stampless? | Yes |