Lot
3282 
Palmer & Co's Express, shield handstamp on blue folded letter datelined "San Francisco Novembr 15 1850" to New York N.Y., endorsed "p Palmer & Co's express" at bottom left, carried by PMSS Tennessee from San Francisco Nov. 15th to Panama arriving Dec. 1st, across the Isthmus to Chagres and carried by Cherokee to New York arriving Dec. 20th, docketed as "Rec December 23", letter states "You will receive per Palmer & Co's Express One Package of Gold…40½ oz…", F.-V.F. Thomas No. PAL-100a. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
ONE OF ONLY 5 RECORDED PALMER & CO'S EXPRESS SHIELD HANDSTAMPS.
C.S. Palmer had established offices in Boston Mass. and New York, N.Y., and in March 1850 expanded westward by establishing offices in San Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville. His handstamps are not seen after early 1851. There are only five recorded strikes in two colors, black and red.
Realized: $2,200