U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2009

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #626
GUATEMALA
1860 (Apr 22) cover to Washington D.C., departure pmk in red, sent via Panama, with "Encaminada por/Hurtado I Hermanos/Panama" forwarding cachet in oval, transported per s.s. "Guatemala" from San Jose (the Pacific port) to Panama, with "Steamship 20" struck at New York as double rate, fine and rare cover. Hurtado i Hermanos acted as forwarding agents for Guatemala for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Wells Fargo and others. Very few covers exist with the "Hurtado" cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

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