Lot
259 
Wells Fargo & Co's. Express., printed brown Hawaiian paid frank on cover bearing 5¢ ultramarine (39) tied by purple "Dec 1 1884" straightline cancel and additional strike cancels frank to Mr. C.A. Yarick, S.S. Wellington, care of R. Dunsmuir & Son, Pacific Wharf, San Francisco Cal.; some light soiling and edge wear, F.-V.F.; with 1992 P.F. certificate. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
A RARE EARLY 1884 WELLS FARGO HAWAII USE WITH THIS STRAIGHTLINE DATESTAMP CANCELLATION.
There is another use from this same correspondence with the straightline datestamp cancel dated "Apr 1 1885" that was offered in the Advertiser sale (lot 3440).