Lot
1912 
Hawaii, SCHOONER 'VAQUERO.', partial strike of straightline ship handstamp (Gregory AUXSH-SF [BARK. 'VAQUERO.'], Rarity 1RRRR) on folded letter datelined "Papeete, 13 Mars 1855" and addressed to Honolulu, Hawaii, flap with manuscript "forwarded San Francisco May 22 by Bottcker pr. Vaquero" forwarder's endorsement, clear strike of "G. B. Post & Co., San Francisco, Forwarded by" octagonal framed handstamp; minor ink erosion, Very Fine. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED STRIKES OF THE SCHOONER 'VAQUERO.' SHIP HANDSTAMP WITH SINGLE QUOTATION MARKS. A REMARKABLE USE FROM TAHITI VIA SAN FRANCISCO TO HONOLULU.
The Schooner "Vaquero" departed San Francisco on May 23rd with the New York mail of Apr. 20th and European mail of Mar. 31st., arriving at Honolulu on Jun. 5th.
References: Illustrated in Fred Gregory's "Hawaiian Foreign Mail to 1870" as fig. 20-27 on p. II-412.
Realized: $3,500