Lot no. 1703

1895 (January 30), cover franked with 1/2d purple-brown, horizontal pair, and “Surcharged 1-1/2d.” on 2d. orange, tied by crisp Apia c.d.s. (Type 4) in black, to W.A. Cooper, U.S. Despatch Agency, San Francisco, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Feb 15), three hinge remnants on reverse, else a remarkably fresh cover. (Odenweller Census #459)