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VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS REMARKABLE CALIFORNIA PICTORIAL ENVELOPE, WHICH WAS PROBABLY PUBLISHED BY NOISY CARRIER, A SAN FRANCISCO LETTER BAG OPERATOR AND FORWARDER.
Illustrated and recorded as the sole example of this design in Kutz's Gold Fever (p. 63). Ex Maclaren, Knapp, Jessup, Pearce, Haas, Grunin and Kutz. The late Marc Haas paid $1,600 for this cover in 1970. (Image)
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VERY FINE APPEARANCE. ONE OF TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE EAVES CAMEO DEPICTING THE MINERS' "LONG TOM" -- ONLY THIS COVER HAS AN ADHESIVE FRANKING.
According to Kutz (Gold Fever, p. 62, where this cover is illustrated): "The early miners formed syndicates and worked as a group using 'Long Toms' to extract the gold. In essence it was an elongated sluice box with riffles or sacking in the bottom to catch the gold. A continuous current of water washed the gravel through the Long Tom, leaving the contained gold behind." The Kutz census lists this cover as the sole example of the Eaves corner card produced for the Downieville Book Store. Subsequent to publication, the Dale-Lichtenstein collection came to market, bringing to light a stampless example carried by express.
Illustrated in Letters of Gold (p. 271). Ex Wiltsee, Polland and Kutz. (Image)
VERY FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE ILLUSTRATED CALIFORNIA MINER'S ENVELOPE AND EVEN MORE DESIRABLE WITH THE FREEMAN & COMPANY EXPRESS MARKING.
Only five examples of this design are recorded by Kutz in Gold Fever. This is the only one carried by express.
Ex Baker (Image)
VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS MINER'S ENVELOPE DESIGN RECORDED BY KUTZ.
William T. Gibbs was an expressman operating in the California mining region during this period. This cover is not only an extremely rare (possibly unique) design, the use of a miner's envelope between post offices in California is most unusual.
Ex Polland and Kutz. Illustrated in Gold Fever (p. 63) and Letters of Gold (p. 271) (Image)