Lot 2228
Guam, U.S. 8¢, Manila 1899 From U.S.S. Charleston Cover, #272, from sailor aboard the ship, mailed from Mil. Sta. No. 1, Manila on May 15, 1899 midway during the Philippines insurgency duties, on the way to the Philippines, she ran aground near Camiguin Island north of Luzon on 2 Nov. 1899, cover advertises the Hotel Del Coronado in Coronado Beach, CA, nice collateral item, Fine to Very Fine. The Charleston was the ship that took Guam June 20-21, 1898.
Estimate $350-450.
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