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lot # 1915 - united states possessions hawaii - postal history
Hawaii, 1859 (Jul. 7) Hong Kong, China to Honolulu, Hawaii via San Francisco. Datelined folded letter with "Pr. Black Warrior via San Francisco" inside endorsement, docketed as received in San Francisco Oct. 8th 1859 on backflap, black "Forwarded by McRuer & Merrill, San Francisco" forwarder's oval on reverse and offset on front, endorsed "pr 'Yankee' ", Very Fine.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000.
AN EXTREMELY RARE LETTER FROM HONG KONG, CHINA TO HONOLULU SENT VIA SAN FRANCISCO.
Letter was carried as endorsed by the Bark "Yankee" from San Francisco Nov. 2nd with New York mail of Sep. 20th and Oct. 5th via Panama, arriving at Honolulu on Nov. 15th.
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