Salomon Rosenthal Collection of Mexican Maritime Mail
February 20, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #791 MEXICO U.S. SHIPS - 1863 cover from Haiti 1863 FL from Port Au Prince, Haiti to Mazatlan, probably sent inside another cover, carried by the packet "Thames" via Jacmel to St.Thomas. From there, it was forwarded by "Hurtzig and Co" (oval handstamp on back, with 30.11.63 inserted by pen) who placed it in the British mail paying "4" (pence in red crayon) for inter-Caribbean mail to Colon, via "Solent" (arriving December 17th). From there it was sent by rail to Panama, and was forwarded by C.A. Anderson to the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Agency in Acapulco, which once again forwarded it, this time to its final destination, using the seldom seen Agency's forwarding mark in red. A rare item from Haiti to Mazatlan, Mexico, via St.Thomas, Panama and Acapulco  | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
