Lot# 4580 - Auction 244-249

1853/55: USA 3 c. dull red, a horizontal pair used on 1853 cover from San Francisco to Brunswick, Maine, tied by 'San Francisco / Cal.' datestamp (Aug 11) in black. Framed 'FROM / NOISY CARRIERS / MAIL / 77 LONG WHARF S.F. CAL.' in blue alongside. The cover left for San Juan del Sur on board the SS Sierra Nevada, travelling 'via Nicaragua' (San Juan del Norte) where transferred to 'The Star of the West' which arrived in New York on Sept 9, 1853. The adhesives and envelope with small faults but rare.

Corrigenda: Cover travelled on the US post office contract route via Panama and not as described via Nicaragua. The manuscript endorsement had not been followed.