
Lot
1458
(Clackamas) Oregon City, Orgn., Jul 9, balloon cds (Whittlesey 2, R B-A) on 1853 6¢ green Nesbitt entire to Washington D.C., uprated to meet the 1855 transcontinental rate with 1851 1¢ blue type IV (bottom right corner selvage copy) and 1851 3¢ orange brown (right selvage copy) both tied by bold pen stroke, indicia cancelled by an additional pen stroke, docket at left, flattened horizontal crease, still Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.