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(Mail Routes) Noisy Carriers Mail., 77 Long Wharf S.F. Cal., full bold fancy box handstamp on orange buff cover bearing 10¢ green (14), four margins, tied by "San Francisco, Cal., 5 Feb" cds to Wilbraham Mass.; light tone spot barely affects stamp, Very Fine and choice strike of this letter bag operator handstamp. Estimate $500 - 750.
Noisy Carriers operated by Charles P. Kimball (1821-1894) acted as a forwarder in San Francisco and sent mails to the east by both the Panama and Nicaragua routes.
Realized: $425