Lot
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Honolulu * U.S. Postage Paid * Jan 31, remarkable bold strike of red cds on 1856 cover to Miss Mary E. Hastings, South Hadley Mass. bearing U.S. 12¢ black (17), pos. 73L1 double recut var., large margins except barely touched at right, tied by bold "San Francisco Cal., 20 Feb" cds prepaying the 10¢ postage plus 2¢ ship fee; lightly cleaned, expertly sealed edge tears at bottom left, Very Fine appearance, ex-Knapp, Eno, Haas, Grunin; signed by Ashbrook as genuine pos. 71L1 on reverse, with 2015 P.F. certificate. Gregory No. HON US28 II Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
A REMARKABLE USE WITH TREMENDOUS EYE APPEAL.
This cover was carried by American schooner "L. P. Foster" from Honolulu Feb. 2nd to San Francisco arriving Feb. 19th. Postmarked at San Francisco for the PMSC "Sonora" departing Feb. 20th to Panama City arriving Mar. 4th, then by USMSC "George Law" departing Aspinwall Mar. 5th to New York arriving Mar. 15th. This cover realized $5,288 in the 1988 Grunin sale.