Lot
49 
(San Francisco, Statehood) 1857, San Francisco, Ca. folded letter to Germany. Postmarked red "San Francisco, Cal 30 Paid Aug 5 1857" integral rate cds with pencil "30" cents, markings include red "N. York 7 Am. Pkt. Paid" transit cds & red boxed "Aachen 19/9 Franco" transit hand-stamp superimposed over the San Francisco cds, couple small spots of discoloration, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150.
San Francisco 30 paid hand-stamps indicates the correct rate of 30 cents per half ounce letter rate was paid in cash. New York credited Prussia with 7 cents (2 cents Belgian transit + 5 cents Prussian Inland) for a single rate. Per Vanderbilt European Line steamer "North Star", departing New York 5-Sep-1857, arriving Southampton 17-Sep-1857. Mail from California to Germany during this period is fairly scarce.
Realized: $115