U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
August 9-10, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #538
GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands
1858 stampless cover to Rev. Luther Halsey Gulick, Ponape, Ascension Isle, Micronesia, via San Francisco "Care of Prof. Dewitt Alexander, Honolulu", red "Paid New York Aug. 30" cds, with blue pencil "10" and docketing indicating it was sent in 1858, received Feb. 21, 1859, professionally restored, with 2008 Ronald Steuer certificate (earliest known arrival mail - Karolinen Fruhe Eingangspost), an important showpiece item of the Caroline Islands
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

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