Lot
654 
(Sacramento) Sacramento, Cal., May 28, oval postmark (SAC-2480) with large double oval "Paid 40" rate handstamp on buff cover to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, pencil notations on verso indicate 1849, minor edge mends, plus second cover from same correspondence postmarked with same Sacramento, Cal. cds dated Nov. 40 with large 40 rate handstamp, cover repaired, Very Fine, just four examples of the large double oval rate handstamp with the 40¢ rate are recorded.Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $500