Lot
785 
Via Nicaragua, In Advance of the Mails, Sullivan, clear full strike of oval handstamp on 1854 cover to Providence, R.I., with matching "6" in oval rate handstamp, entered the U.S. mails with "New - York, Ship 7cts, Apr 7" cds, with original enclosure datelined "San Francisco, July 16th, 1854", Very Fine, a very scarce usage bearing the seldom seen oval "6" rate handstamp, ex Knapp. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $625