Lot
223 
(Sacramento) Hicksville, Cal., Dec 31, oval handstamp with manuscript date (SAC-1510, R4) on cover to Vermont, franked with 1861, 3¢ brownish carmine canceled by waffle grid handstamp, with dateline portion of enclosure on Christmas day of 1862, Very Fine, the earliest recorded example of this rare postmark. Scott No. 65 Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $270