Lot
981 
(TransA - Vanderbilt) 1855 (Jun. 16) San Francisco Cal. to Cognac, France via New York, datelined blue folded letter endorsed "Via Nicaragua & New York" on inside, carried by Vanderbilt Independent Line Sierra Nevada to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, then by carriage to Lake Nicaragua where put on a lake steamer of the Accessory Transit Co. and carried to a second steamboat on the San Juan River to San Juan del Norte, then by Vanderbilt's Atlantic Line Northern Light to New York arriving Jul. 11th, bold red "New York Am. Packet Jul 11" exchange cds, then transatlantic for Collins Line by Baltic departing Jul. 11th to Liverpool arriving Jul. 22nd, London (7.23) transit cds, Calais (7.23) entry cds and "8" décimes due rating, Cognac arrival backstamp; accompanied by second May 15th letter only from same correspondence endorsed "Via Panama", Very Fine. Estimate $400 - 600.
The sender had a habit of sending duplicates of correspondence both via Nicaragua and via Panama.
Realized: $400