Lot
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(Town & County) De Redwood, Santa Cruz Co. Cal., May 23, 1882 (Santa Cruz), clear cds (SCR-780, R5) on 1874, 3¢ green entire to Bay City, Mich., accompanied by second cover with "Feb 25, 1882" strike of cds franked with 1¢ Banknote strip of three, all tied by target handstamps; reduction on former and later just into one stamp with some light cover tone, otherwise Very Fine, this being the only examples known of this postmark. Estimate $300 - 400.
The former cover was sold in our 2009 Westpex sale for $550 hammer.
Realized: $150