Lot 3288 *
San Francisco Letter Express., blue printed rectangle frank and rectangular "PAID" handstamp on light buff cover to D.W. Cheeseman, U.S. Mint, San Francisco, pencil "3 P.M.", Very Fine, ex-Saltzer.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO LETTER EXPRESS PRINTED FRANK, THIS BEING THE ONLY RECORDED IN BLUE.
The other recorded printed San Francisco Letter Express printed frank is in black with the same rectangular "PAID" handstamp adjacent. It was offered in the 2004 Dale-Lichtenstein sale (lot 1261).
Realized: $1,600