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The Ron Lerch Collection of California Miner's Illustrated Covers continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 481 |
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 Mining Scene. Illustrated miner's design depicting Miner Panning for Gold with Long Tom in Background with imprint "J.M. Hutchings' California Envelope" at left and "Anthony & Baker SC" engraver's
imprint at bottom right of design, on cover to New Hampshire with bold "Fosters Bar, Cal, Dec 27" cds and matching "Paid" handstamp with manuscript "6" rate; some minor staining, restoration at top and backflap replaced, F.-V.F.
Estimate;
$500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 482 |
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 Post Office. Illustrated design showing Post Office Building with Lines of Men Extending Into the Street, with Weller Postmaster statement and "San Francisco, 12th July, 1855" date below, on hand
carried cover to Niagara City N.Y.; some edge soiling, Very Fine, a very rare design.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 483 |
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11A |
 Proceeds of the Day. Illustrated miners envelope to Westfield, Massachusetts franked with 1851, 3¢ dull red, pair with manuscript doodles, postmarked "Michigan Bluff, Cal., Mar 18" large
double-lined cds, Miner's design with "Wide West Office, San Francisco" at left, stains and repaired at top with paper cut from the top backflap, which is now missing, Fine, one of three recorded examples of this illustrated miner's design,
would benefit from some professional restoration.
Scott No. 11A; Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 11A] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census |
Est. $400-600
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 484 |
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 Prospecters. Humorous illustration of a Miner Hiding From a Grizzly Bear on cover with "J.M. Hutchings" imprint, on cover to Waldoboro, Me., franked with 1857, 10¢ green, type II (32)
s.e. at bottom, tied by blue "North Bloomfield, Cal., Mar 1" cds; cover tear at top center and slight edge nick at right, Very Fine, one of only seven recorded examples of this Hutchings' miner illustrated cover.
Estimate; $1,000 -
1,500. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 485 |
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 Prospecting Miners. Blue illustrated cameo design showing Miners at Riverside Scene With One Panning For Gold, on cover to Wellsburg, Va. with blue "Downieville, Cal., Aug 8" cds with matching "10"
rate handstamp; slight edge wear, Very Fine, very rare with only six recorded in Kutz.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 486 |
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 Prospecting Miners. Blue illustrated cameo design on cover with to Illinois franked with manuscript cancelled 1857 1¢ blue type V two singles + 3¢ dull red type II (assumed) and 5¢ brown
type I (all with scissor, most perfs missing) postmarked "Oregon House (Cal.), June 10" manuscript postmark, "Due 10" straight line handstamp ties the 3¢ and 5¢ adhesives, cover strengthened with paper inside, some edge
restoration, handsome Very Fine appearance, a stunning Western Illustrated Cover, ex-Knapp, Wiltsee & Polland.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.
(Image1)
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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 487 |
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 Put's California Envelope. Illustrated miners design depicting Miners At Breakfast Table and Promoter Outside Doorway with slogan "California and Miners' Rights" at bottom and satiric verse showing
disdain for promoters, on cover to Rockland, Me. with blue "Greenwood, Cal., Jan 2" cds with matching Paid handstamp and manuscript "10" rate, Very Fine, illustrated in Kutz Gold Fever (page 60), ex-Kutz & Jarrett.
Estimate;
$1,500 - 2,000.
THE ONLY EXAMPLE RECORDED OF THIS PUT'S CALIFORNIA ENVELOPE MINERS DESIGN. (Image1)
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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 488 |
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11A |
 Rocking The Cradle. Illustrated J.M. Hutchings' California Envelope design on cover to West Amesbury, Mass., franked with 1851, 3¢ dull red, horizontal pair tied by manuscript, no originating
postmark; minor cover corner and edge wear, Very Fine, rare with only eight examples recorded of this design.
Scott No. 11A; Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 489 |
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 Rocking The Cradle. Illustrated J.M. Hutchings' California Envelope design on cover to Romulus, N.Y., with two strikes of "Downieville, Cal., Oct 2" cds and manuscript "Due 10cts" notation above,
uncancelled 1857, 10¢ green, type V (35) which mostly likely added after deficiency noted; some cover edge wear with top left corner added and 10¢ may have been added, F.-V.F., only eight examples recorded of this design,
ex-Wiltsee.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 490 |
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 The Traveling Miner. Illustrated miners design showing Miner and Equipment on Horse with J.M. Hutchings' imprint below, on cover to Atokee, O. with bold "Camptonville, Cal., Jan 1" cds, manuscript
1851, 10¢ green, type II (14) which has been added to this cover; cover edge wear with repair to lower left edge, F.-V.F. appearance, still a very rare Hutchings' miner design with only two recorded in Kutz.
Estimate; $500 -
750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 491 |
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 Up Hill Work. Handsome miner's illustrated design published at the "Wide West Office, San Francisco", on buff cover to Augusta, Ga., red "Yreka, Cal., Sep 28, 1855" cds and matching "Paid 10" handstamp;
cover edge wear, light soiling and bottom flap replaced, F.-V.F., one of three known examples of this illustrated design.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 492 |
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 Up Hill Work. Handsome miner's illustrated design published at the Wide West Office, San Francisco, on orange buff cover showing "Culloma, Cal." cds with matching "Paid" and "10" handstamps to
Milton Mills, Minnesota, manuscript "Paid 10" endorsement, fresh and Extremely Fine, one of three known examples of this illustrated design, ex-Risvold.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.
A GEM EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE WILD WEST OFFICE
CALIFORNIA ENVELOPE DESIGN. (Image1)
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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 493 |
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 Weighing The Dust. Illustrated design showing Miner's Weighing Gold Dust Scene with "Wide West Office, San Francisco" imprint alongside, on fresh cover carried privately to Bangor, Me., Very Fine,
this being the only recorded example of this "Weighing The Dust" illustrated design, ex-Kutz.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 494 |
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 Wells, Fargo & Co. Express & Exchange Company. All over shaded illustrated advertising design showing "Atlantic and European Express" building, addressed to San Jose carried internally, with original 1866
"California State Telegraph Company" telegram enclosure from Wells Fargo office in San Francisco; cover opening at right, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 495 |
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 What Cheer House, San Francisco. Allover illustrated What Cheer House design on reverse of "Woodside, Cal., Feb 18" (San Mateo), manuscript postmarked (SAM-2420) cover to Meredith, N.Y., franked with
manuscript canceled 1857, 3¢ dull red, two singles, with original 1860 enclosure with full page on printed text graphically describing What Cheer House, and letter describing voyage from N.Y. to San Francisco and early experiences in
S.F.; cover wear and small stain, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 26; Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 496 |
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 What Will You Take For A Share. Humorous miner scene showing Two Miners with Long Tom in Background with "Noisy Carrier's San Francisco" imprint at bottom, on cover to North Plains, Mich. with
manuscript "Tehama Cal, May 12th/55" postmark and "Paid, 10 Cents" rate; cover stain at foot and minor faults, illustrated in Kutz Gold Fever (page 70), ex-Knapp, Jessup, Pearce, Haas & Kutz.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF
ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS NOISY CARRIER'S ILLUSTRATED MINERS DESIGN. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 497 |
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 Where is the Best Diggings. Illustrated pictorial cover showing Three Miners With Picks & Shovels, "Noisy Carrier's, 77 Wharf, San Francisco" imprint on buff cover bearing 1851, 10¢ green,
type II (14) crude trapezoidal shape, tied by "Rough & Ready, Cal., Oct 8, 1856" cds, to Ketchums Corners N.Y.; part of flap restored and mended cover tear, Fine, ex-Needham, J.D. Baker, Kutz & Jacobitz, with 1978 P.F. certificate.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE NOISY CARRIER'S ILLUSTRATED MINERS COVER.
(Image1)
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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 498 |
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 Writing Home. Illustrated miners design showing Miner Writing Letter at Desk with "Wide West Office San Francisco" imprint, on cover hand carried to Vermont, with fraudulent Grove City, Cal.
manuscript postmark at top, Extremely Fine appearance, a very rare design, only five such examples recorded by Kutz.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
(Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 499 |
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 You'll Bring Me A Slug. Humorous illustrated Couple Scene With Additional Blue Manuscript "O Yes My Dear" Retort and "Noisy Carrier's San Francisco" imprint below, on cover to Chenango Forks, N.Y.,
"Jackson, Cal., Mar 28" cds and "Paid 6" in circle rate handstamp, cover corner flaws, F.-V.F., illustrated in Kutz Gold Fever (page 69), ex-Polland & Kutz.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES
OF THIS NOISY CARRIER'S HUMOROUS DESIGN.
Raw gold was generally referred to as dust or nuggets, however the word slug was used to describe some of the larger pieces. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
California Postal History
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 500 |
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 (Monterey) Monterey, California, Apl 17. 1849. Manuscript postmark (MOT-1610) and matching "40" cent rating on orange buff cover to New York N.Y., accompanied by blue enclosed letter datelined "Monterey,
California April 13 1849" from a member of the U.S. Military to his sister describing the influence of the discovery of gold to the military way of life, being transferred to San Francisco, mail ships Oregon and California etc. including
"…I leave tomorrow on the Brig Malik Adel, and the brig stops 4 or 5 days at Santa Cruz. General Riley has arrived & Colonel Mason has resigned to him the Command, both civil and military…Mrs. General Smith and Mrs. Major Ogden and
another lady all of whom came up with me return home with the California because I suppose no servants can be obtained here…Col. Mason also returns with the California…", Very Fine, the only recorded postmark showing the full
"California" spelling with the 40 cent rate.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
THE EARLIEST RECORDED MONTEREY POSTMARKED COVER, SENT DURING THE PRE-STATEHOOD PERIOD.
This is a rare version of the Monterey manuscript postmark with
California spelled out, we have not seen another. (Image1)
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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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