Lot 769
Stockton, Cal., May 9, large serifed cds in blue and large oval "12½" rate handstamp in matching blue on portion of folded letter sheet (no contents) to Governor John McDougal in San Jose, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, minor edge wear and lightly soiled, a trifle trimmed along the bottom, F.-V.F.Estimate $75 - 100.
Realized: $1,700