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Auction: 11018 - Spring Collector's Series
Lot: 895

x French Colonies French Polynesia 1850 (29 Aug.) envelope with contents addressed to Benjamin Stark (a member of the Oregon House of Representatives); sent from Papiete, the letter is from a friend, "Herewith is a bill of lading for a box of oranges ... this is a very dull place, almost as bad a Oregon ...", with the Bill of Lading for "one box". The envelope, carried privately by ship to San Francisco with faint strikes of small handstruck "2" and "san francisco/cal/17/apr" c.d.s. A fine and rare complete correspondence. Photo Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 x PLEASE NOTE THAT VAT AT 5% IS APPLICABLE ON THE HAMMER PRICE.

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