Lot
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Sacramento City, Cal., Aug 1, red cds and matching "5" rate on 1852 folded letter sheet from missionaries on their way to Tahiti, with postscript message dated May 9th which reads in part…"now on the one previous to the departure of the new ship for Tahiti and chain Islands"…"fifty persons are going on the ship they will be very much crowded", Very Fine. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $500