Lot 2386 o
Clipperton Island, 1895, 1(¢)-$1 issue complete, full set of 10 different denominations, each with socked-on-the-nose strike of purple "W. Frese & Co., Agents for O.P. Co., San Francisco" circular cancels, 5¢ value with corner crease, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce complete set of these fascinating private company issues, with only 200 sets that are possible to exist.Estimate $500 - 750.
The Clipperton Island stamps where produced in March 1895 in San Francisco by the local agents of the Oceanic Phosphate Co. that was operating a guano recovery operation on Clipperton Island, an atoll in the Eastern Pacific Ocean about 1,800 miles from San Francisco. They where intend for employee mail from the island.
Realized: $600