cover 3p pale blue, 6p deep green (2, 5; S.G.4, 6), the former with large margins, the latter with just clear to good margins except at base where just touched, tied by oval grids to Jan. 1860 cover from Amherst to California; showing "Paid 15" in red circle, endorsed "Paid 15 cnts.", backstamped Amherst JA 31 1860 and indistinct d.s. with manuscript "June 30" inserted; 6p has faults due to being affixed overlapping the cover; 9p rate to Oregon and California; a great rarity, one other cover to California being thought to exist, ex Argenti, see page 109 and illustrated at plate 14, with 1960 R.P.S. certificate | Christie's

Lot 214

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cover 3p pale blue, 6p deep green (2, 5; S.G.4, 6), the former with large margins, the latter with just clear to good margins except at base where just touched, tied by oval grids to Jan. 1860 cover from Amherst to California; showing "Paid 15" in red circle, endorsed "Paid 15 cnts.", backstamped Amherst JA 31 1860 and indistinct d.s. with manuscript "June 30" inserted; 6p has faults due to being affixed overlapping the cover; 9p rate to Oregon and California; a great rarity, one other cover to California being thought to exist, ex Argenti, see page 109 and illustrated at plate 14, with 1960 R.P.S. certificate

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cover 3p pale blue, 6p deep green (2, 5; S.G.4, 6), the former with large margins, the latter with just clear to good margins except at base where just touched, tied by oval grids to Jan. 1860 cover from Amherst to California; showing "Paid 15" in red circle, endorsed "Paid 15 cnts.", backstamped Amherst JA 31 1860 and indistinct d.s. with manuscript "June 30" inserted; 6p has faults due to being affixed overlapping the cover; 9p rate to Oregon and California; a great rarity, one other cover to California being thought to exist, ex Argenti, see page 109 and illustrated at plate 14, with 1960 R.P.S. certificate