United States continued...
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Lot Description |
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11, 13 |
 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal. Two strikes of cds tying two 1851 3¢ dull red + single 10¢ green, type I on 1853-55 Nesbitt entire to France, left 3¢ partially cut out, F.-V.F., a very rare make up of the 26¢ West Coast rate. Scott
No. 11+13 Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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SOLD for $425.00
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| 302 |
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9, 11 |
 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal. Two strikes of cds tying 1851 1¢ blue, type IV + 3¢ dull red, strip of 3 on cover to Boston, adhesives with mostly large margins, right stamp of strip creased, Very Fine and attractive, a scarce 10¢
transcontinental franking. Scott No. 9+11 Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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SOLD for $190.00
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| 303 |
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26 |
 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal. Neat cds tying 1857 3¢ dull red on clean orange cover to Volcano with blue oval company handstamp of "Gray & Herwig", small portion of flap torn off, Extremely Fine. Scott No. 26 Estimate $50 - 75. (Image1)
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SOLD for $40.00
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| 304 |
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33 |
 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal./Feb 5, 1859. Cds tying 1857 10¢ green, type III on cover to Mercersburg, Pa., F.-V.F. Scott No. 33 Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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SOLD for $60.00
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| 305 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal./July 26 1859. Neat cds on 3¢ Nesbitt entire, with double oval "Too Late" handstamp alongside, no doubt having missed the steamer up river, to Long Bar, Yuba County; some minor edge wear, F.-V.F., a
scarce marking which was normally applied to ocean bound covers. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $140.00
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| 306 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal./Aug. 31, 1862. Double circle postmark on cover originating outside the United States franked with 1861 10¢ green tied by target cancel to Sacramento with two strikes of "3" rate handstamp alongside,
endorsed "Per Steamer Constitution/for Acapulco Aug. 23", Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $60.00
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| 307 |
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 (San Francisco) Japan (Kanagawa) to Connecticut via San Francisco. Hall correspondence blue cover with "Japan April 1865" notation of origin and with "per Ida D. Rogers" (ship) & "via San Francisco" directive to used Ellington, Ct.,
double circle "San Francisco, Cal./May 30, 1865" datestamp and "SHIP12" handstamp for double rate cover, docketed as having been received "July 3, 1865", flap torn & some minor corner bends, Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Several covers from
this correspondence are illustrated in The United States Post Offices in China and Japan book by Frajola, Perlman and Scamp. (Image1)
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SOLD for $3,750.00
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| 308 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal./Mar 14. Cds on locally addressed 1861, 10¢ green entire, with "P.O. Business, Free" and "R.F. Perkins, P.M." handstamps, punch hole through indicia voiding the entire, with original registered return
receipt enclosure from New York, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $450.00
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| 309 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal./Apr. 1/Registered. Neat cds on Official Business imprint cover used locally with Postmaster Perkins free frank handstamp, flap tear which extends just onto front, Very Fine and unusual. Estimate $100 -
150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $60.00
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| 310 |
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 (San Francisco) Littlefield, Webb & Co., General Commission Merchants, San Francisco. Allover shaded ad design on two unsealed 1870 2¢ Reay entires paying the circular rate to Los Angeles, Cal., from same correspondence, one in gray and
other in yellow, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $200.00
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| 311 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Emergency Service Label. 1906 Johnston - Dienstag Company, Special Service, San Francisco, California brown earthquake emergency service label tied by "San Francisco, Cal., Oct 16, 1906"
company handstamp on locally addressed corner card cover, cds appears to be overstruck by second strike with date corrected to "Oct. 15", couple light vert. cover folds, also included is single label affixed on fragment tied by "San Francisco, Cal.,
Oct 27, 1906", Very Fine, a rare usage of this special San Francisco 1906 "local". Estimate $500 - 750. Johnston - Dienstag Company undertook to deliver letters to city addresses after the 1906 earthquake, using this stamp to do duty on letters they
conveyed. The U.S. Post Office and the Secret Service eventually seized some 32,000 stamps and the printing plates which produced them. (Image1)
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SOLD for $1,050.00
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| 312 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco 1906 Earthquake. "San Francisco, Cal./Apr. 18, 5AM, 1906" machine cancel ties 1902 1¢ on picture postcard to San Luis Obispo, also included is two quake picture postcards, one postmarked Berkeley May 1
showing "Refugees on the way to the Ferry Building", 2nd from Haywards May 19, showing "Van Ness & Dowtow"n, Very Fine, a very rare item cancelled in San Francisco, 12 minutes before the quake and subsequent fire devastated the city. Estimate $200 -
300. (Image1)
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SOLD for $260.00
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| 313 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco 1906 Earthquake. "San Francisco, Cal./Apr. 25, 1906" machine cancel on unfranked cover to Preston, Cal., included is original enclosure with interesting contents related to the earthquake, Here I am, all that
is left of me & that is not very much I fear. I am alive, but I have lost everything, but the few duds left on my back, the oldest clothes I have, or rather that I had. But I have much to be thankful for, for I have shelter in this cold wet weather,
which thousands have not., and continues with If we cannot get water pretty soon we will have to leave here for the conditions are becoming very unsanitary & we cannot escape disease & epidemic., cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine. Estimate
$100 - 150. The San Francisco earthquake hit at 5:12AM on April 18th, 1906. The Post Office survived the quake and allowed mail to be sent postage free to help expedite news from the now devastated city. (Image1)
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SOLD for $210.00
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| 314 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco, Cal., Collection Balance. Over 50 covers or folded letters, majority 1850's, stampless uses include various domestic rates plus one paid to England, one unpaid to France, and one "Due 4" on an 1864 unpaid
drop letter (double deficiency postage due), stamped covers include numerous 1851 3¢ or 10¢ and 1857 3¢ or 10¢ frankings (one with 1851 3¢ two pairs tied, one with 1851 10¢ two singles tied), a few covers with steamship or overland mail endorsements,
a cover to Austria franked with with 10 1857 1¢ (one stamp missing) and another cover to Guatemala with "United States Marshal's Office,/Northern District of California." franked with two 1857 10¢ (one not original to cover), etc.), an 1853-55 3¢
Nesbitt entire with Overland Via Los Angeles imprint at upper left (but used from San Francisco to Downieville), several 1860's covers including two with 1863 2¢ Black Jack frankings and five with cogwheel cancels, an 1865 cover to San Francisco and
returned to sender with "Advertised-2" and "Not Called For" handstamps and appropriate backstamps, and two 1860's eastern covers with "Missent To San Francisco" handstamps and San Francisco forwarding postmarks, generally F.-V.F., the "Advertised-2"
plus one of the "Missent To San Francisco" covers illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (pages 330 and 335). Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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SOLD for $800.00
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| 315 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco Stampless Covers, 1850-1865. 39 items, with a wide variety of postmarks and other markings, destinations domestic and foreign, including fancy clamshell "Ship 6" from Manila, red "San Francisco 40" to Boston,
1852 Drop rate "1", various "Integral Rate" postmarks including "Free"; several with forwarder handstamps to Europe, "San Francisco 40", "Purser" with "Due 7" and "Due 10";" Ship4", "Steamship 20"; 1850 "Steam / Ship" with manuscript "80"; 1850 San
Francisco cds with "Paid" and boxed "40" handstamps, the latter with very interesting letter contents, describing conditions in the City; and more; condition generally F-VF or better, virtually no duplication in combinations of markings, a stellar
group. Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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SOLD for $1,200.00
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| 316 |
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 (San Francisco) San Francisco Town Covers, 1851-1898. Group of 83 or so examples, many scarce cancels (Williams 4 or higher), note destinations including Bengal, India; London, Italy, Germany, Scotland; many with endorsements such as
"Overland"", Via Panama", "Per Overland Mail via Los Angeles", "By the Southern Overland Mail", etc; "per (Steamer) John L. Stephens"; fancy oval "Steam / Acapulco"; fancy script "Steamer"; many with rate markings; many cogwheel cancels; interesting
"Short Paid - Deficient 6 cents / Paid by Wm. C. Dougherty, Postmaster of San Francisco"; 24¢ 1861 to London; 1864 48¢ to London; multiple examples of early listed postmarks such as 1852 to N.Y. (SAF-350) "pr Golden Gate"; 1854 (SAF-420); 1856 strip
of 3 1¢ imperfs (SAF-420); various frankings including 3¢ & 10¢ Nesbitts; markings "Due 10", etc; also a few advertising or corner cards including Franklin House, Russ House, etc; many surprises here, please inspect closely; condition generally F-VF.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)
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SOLD for $2,100.00
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| 317 |
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 (San Joaquin) Burwood, Cal./Feb. 22. Manuscript postmark ties 1861 3¢ rose on small ladies' cover to Vermont, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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SOLD for $80.00
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| 318 |
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 (San Joaquin) French Camp Cal., Jun 30 1857. Manuscript postmark on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Fiddletown, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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SOLD for $50.00
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| 319 |
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 (San Joaquin) Knight's Ferry, California. Straight line postmark with "28 Mch" manuscript date on cover to Irasburgh, Vermont franked with 1851 3¢ dull red pair (slightly cut in, lifted & hinged back to cover) with pen cancels, where
forwarded prepaid to Northfield, Vermont, with blue "Irasburgh, Vt." cds and matching blue "Paid 3" in circle handstamped rate marking, "1856" pencil docket, tear at top affecting the postmark date, edge wear and light stain at right, top backflap
mostly missing, Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $140.00
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| 320 |
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 (San Joaquin) Liberty, Cal./Apr. 12/'61. Manuscript postmark on embossed ladies' cover to Sacramento franked with manuscript cancelled 1857 3¢ dull red, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. Liberty was established in 1852 by C.C. Fugitt.
First know as Davis Crossing, then Fugitts, the town finally became known as Liberty in 1859. Liberty was an important stage route between Stockton and Sacramento. The end of the town came as a result of the Central Pacific Railroad establishing Galt
as a stop. (Image1)
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SOLD for $100.00
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| 321 |
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 (San Joaquin) Lockeford Cal. 1864, June 22. Manuscript postmark on cover to North Bridgewater, Massachusetts franked with 1861 3¢ rose with pen cancels, slightly reduced at left, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $50.00
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| 322 |
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 (San Joaquin) MacDermotts Bridge, Cal./Aug. 13. Triple-lined oval postmark with manuscript date on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Franklin, New Hampshire, large closed tear at upper left and small corner nick at upper right, backflap
partly missing, F.-V.F., a superb strike of one of the rarest California postmarks, ex-Myerson, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 314). Estimate $200 - 300.
(Image1)
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SOLD for $280.00
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| 323 |
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 (San Joaquin) Roberts Landing, Cal./5/7, 1880. Manuscript postmark on 3¢ green entire to Stockton, reduced at left, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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| 324 |
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 (San Joaquin) Staples Ranch, Cal./Dec. 14. Manuscript postmark on buff cover to New Hampshire franked with manuscript cancelled horiz. pair of 1851 3¢ dull red, pair tied by San Francisco cds in transit with San Francisco Due 10 cds
alongside as this must have been a double rate cover, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 325 |
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 (San Joaquin) Staples Ranch, Cal./Jan. 2. Cds ties 1857 10¢ green, type II horiz. pair on 1860 cover to New Hampshire, included is original enclosure which mentions Yosemite Falls, the Annual County Fair and new abundance of fruits and
vegetables, plus a most interesting reference to the Transcontinental railroad & Pony Express, If the Pacific railroad was built how easily we might supply the hungry in Kansas with bread. We have a Pony Express which carries letters and telegraph
dispatches from here to the Atlantic States so that we can now get news from the far west almost as soon as you can it has come through in seven days, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $140.00
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| 326 |
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 (San Joaquin) Stockton, Cal./May 23. Blue balloon cds on unpaid 1853 stampless folded letter to Cobourg, Canada West, blue United States exchange handstamp with blue handstamped "15" (cents) rate (both in a darker shade of blue than the
postmark), also black handstamped "9" (pence) Canadian rate, transit and receiving postmarks on the back, letter is from a farmer to his father, short edge tears at left just affecting the Stockton postmark, also a bit soiled, Fine, early cross
border mail from California, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 238). Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $190.00
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| 327 |
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 (San Joaquin) Stockton, Cal. Two strikes of cds tying 1851 1¢ blue, type IV, strip of 3 (positions 93-95RIL) to Yankee Jim's endorsed "Northern Mines", strip large margins to in at top; cover with minor edge wear, Very Fine, a scarce use
of the 1¢ imperf in California. Scott No. 9 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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SOLD for $100.00
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| 328 |
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32 |
 (San Joaquin) Stockton, Cal./Sep. 19, 1857. Cds tying 1857 10¢ green, type II (couple blunt perfs) on cover to New York, some arithmetic calculations on cover, F.-V.F. Scott No. 32 Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $60.00
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| 329 |
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68, 76 |
 (San Joaquin) Stockton, Cal./Sep. 16, 1863. Double circle postmark on cover to Peterboro, Canada West, franked with 1861 10¢ green and 5¢ brown tied by target cancels, red Chicago exchange postmark showing 15¢ rate, transit and receiving
postmarks on the back, flap torn, Very Fine, a pretty, cover, ex-Myerson, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 346). Scott No. 68+76 Estimate $150 - 200. Unlike other Pacific Coast foreign rates, the 15¢ rate to Canada continued to apply in
the United States after uniform domestic postage (3¢ regardless of distance) went into effect on July 1, 1863. Uniform cross border postage (10¢ regardless of distance) was announced by the Post Office Department in an order dated February 17,
1864. (Image1)
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SOLD for $650.00
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| 330 |
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 (San Joaquin) Stockton, Cal. Double circle postmark & matching target cancel on 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco, with attractive illustrated allover advertising design of "Baxter's Patent Gang Plows/Patent Dry Adobe Cultivators" in gray,
Very Fine and scarce. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $90.00
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| 331 |
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 (San Joaquin) Stockton Covers, 1852-1928. About 68 covers, variety of towns including many scarce cancels (Williams 4 or higher), note "Stockton 40" (SAJ-2300) to Maine with Adv2; Stockton "5" (SAJ-2310); also circled "Paid 12"
(SAJ-2320); also "Paid 3" & 1853 integral "6 Paid" (SAJ-2350); also some very nice advertising covers for "Yosemite Hotel", Crown Mills, Stockton Daily Evening Mail and much more. Estimate $500 - 750. (Image1)
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SOLD for $550.00
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| 332 |
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 (San Joaquin) Stockton, Cal., Collection Balance. 24 covers or folded letters, most 1850's, stampless uses with mostly different postmarks or in different colors include four Paid 6, two Paid 12, five 10 (one cover with hotel cameo corner
card), and two Paid 10, stamped covers include three with 1851 3¢ tied, two with 1851 10¢ tied, an 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire with Paid postmark, and an 1860 3¢ Star Die entire uprated with 1857 1¢ and 3¢ pair tied, Very Fine overall, included is a
stampless Paid 6 and a stampless Paid 12 illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 346). Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)
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SOLD for $450.00
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| 333 |
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 (San Joaquin) Wood's Ferry, Cal./Aug 16. Balloon cds ties 1857 3¢ dull red on cover to Stockton, top backflap mostly missing, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
(Image1)
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| 334 |
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 (San Joaquin) Wood's Ferry, Cal./May 16. Balloon cds on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Stockton, "1860" docket, Very Fine, ex-Myerson. Estimate $150 - 200.
(Image1)
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SOLD for $80.00
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| 335 |
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 (San Mateo) Menlo Park, Cal. Blue straight line postmark (SAM-800) with manuscript "October 8, 1872" date on 1870, 2¢ green entire to Ohio, Very Fine, the earliest recorded example of this very scarce straight line postmark. Estimate
$200 - 300. (Image1)
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| 336 |
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 (San Mateo) Redwood City, Cal. Two covers with similar manuscript postmarks, first "Redwood City Mar 16th" with "Paid 3" manuscript rate marking on stampless cover to Sonora, slightly reduced at left, second "Redwood City Aug 6" on
1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Sonora (same correspondence), slightly reduced at right, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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SOLD for $180.00
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| 337 |
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 (Santa Clara) Los Gatos, Cal./Aug. 7, 1865. Manuscript postmark on 3¢ pink entire to Concord, E. Tennessee, endorsed "Via Knoxville", Very Fine, a nice usage just after the close of the Civil War. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 338 |
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 (Santa Clara) San Jose, Cal./Sep. 28. Red cds and "5" red handstamped rate marking on stampless 1852 folded letter to Monterey, letter begins "Your letter of the 7th has just been taken by me from the Post Office I suppose it has been
there several days but not thinking of receiving any letters I had not enquired." and goes on to promise to settle a debt, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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SOLD for $60.00
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| 339 |
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 (Santa Clara) San Jose, Cal. Collection Balance. Nine covers or folded letters, all but one 1850's, stampless uses include a 12½ and a 40, three 5, and one Paid 10, stamped covers include one with 1851 3¢ tied, one with 1857 10¢ tied, and
an 1896 Carnival of Roses advertising cover, Very Fine overall. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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SOLD for $110.00
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| 340 |
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 (Santa Cruz) Boulder Creek, Cal., Dec. 11. Manuscript postmark (SCR-280) on 1870, 3¢ green entire to Santa Clara, 1874 year docketing at left, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 341 |
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63 |
 (Santa Cruz) Santa Cruz, Cal, Jun 1 (?). Postmark on cover to South Albion, Maine franked with 1861 1¢ blue strip of four plus three pairs with matching pen cancels, strip of four also tied by the postmark, a trifle reduced at right, edge
wear affecting some of the stamps, F.-V.F., a very rare franking, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 347). Scott No. 63 Estimate $200 - 300.
(Image1)
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SOLD for $575.00
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| 342 |
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 (Santa Cruz) Watsonville, Cal., Jun 26. Full cds and cross in circle killer (SCR-2050) on 1870, 3¢ green entire to Lenoir, Tenn.; bit reduced at left, Very Fine, the listing example in Williams. Estimate $75 - 100. (Image1)
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| 343 |
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 (Shasta) American Ranch/Feb. 2, 1873. Manuscript postmark (Williams SHA-10) on 1864 3¢ Nesbitt entire with old Pacific Union Express at left, entire with all-over "shaded advertising" of "W. G. Hubbard, Carriage and Wagon Manufacturer of
San Juan, Monterey County" to San Francisco, Cal., Very Fine, striking cover and very scarce town, ex-Pierce. Estimate $300 - 400. (Image1)
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SOLD for $475.00
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| 344 |
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 (Shasta) Horsetown, Cal./Mch 29, 1858. Manuscript postmark on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Yankee Jims, minor edge wear & trivial spindle punch just affecting indicia, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $70.00
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| 345 |
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 (Shasta) Leland, Cal./May 16, 1891. Postmark on cover to New York City franked with 1890 2¢ tied by cork cancel, Very Fine, a rare two year Post Office. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 346 |
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 (Shasta) Shasta Cal, Oct 26. Manuscript postmark and "10" manuscript rate marking on stampless folded letter to Warwick, Maryland, letter from a man to his aunt is headed "One Horse Town Oct 24th 1852" and reads in part "the claim I have
will pay me 4cts to the bucket of dirt and if we have plenty of rain this year I am in hopes of making from $1000 to $1200 this winter and if I do I will start home in the Spring but if my prospects do not turn out well this winter I will go to San
Francisco in the Spring and get on the Police again and try to save enough by the Fall to return for I am sick of being away from home so long", Very Fine, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 374). Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $120.00
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 (Shasta) Shasta, Cal., Collection Balance. Five stampless covers or folded letters including an 1851 folded letter from Culloma to Santa Clara and missent to Shasta with Shasta manuscript forwarding postmark, other uses include 5 with
rimless postmark, Paid 6, 10, and Paid 10, Very Fine lot, the Culloma folded letter missent to Shasta illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 335).Estimate 200-300. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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| 348 |
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 (Shasta) Whiskey Creek/Aug 1st. Manuscript postmark (Williams SHA-4550) on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Carmel, Maine, an Extremely Fine gem. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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SOLD for $180.00
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| 349 |
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 (Sierra) Alleghany/Feb. 15, 1865 (Cal.). Manuscript postmark on 1861 3¢ entire to Sacramento, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 350 |
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 (Sierra) Downieville, Cal./Mar 16, 1859. Circular postmark (Williams SIE-290) on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Romulus, N.Y., entire with fancy Star in Circle with Dot at center, tiny stains, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $100 -
150. (Image1)
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| 351 |
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 (Sierra) Downieville, Cal./Jul. 18. Unusually clear strike of balloon type cds with manuscript "5" rate on 1852 folded cover to Secretary of State in Sacramento, forwarded to Vallejo with additional manuscript "5" rate & "Sacramento City,
Cal." cds, Very Fine and attractive. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 352 |
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 (Sierra) Downieville, Cal., Jul 26, 1861. Cds (SIE-290) and matching fancy star handstamp canceling on 1860, 10¢ Star Die entire to Fort Madison, Iowa; cover tear at bottom, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 353 |
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 (Sierra) Downieville, Cal. Cds and fancy Star cancel on 1860-61 10¢ green Star Die entire to New York, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 354 |
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 (Sierra) Eureka North, Cal./Spt. 10, '58. Manuscript postmark on neat cover to Yuba franked with manuscript cancelled 1857 3¢ dull red, Very Fine and choice. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 355 |
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 (Sierra) Forest City, Cal./Sept. 22. Large size double circle postmark ties 1851 3¢ dull red on cover to Yuba City, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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| 356 |
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 (Sierra) La Porte Cal, Dec 30. Manuscript postmark on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire, Masonic Lodge correspondence to Yuba City with original 1857 mostly printed enclosure, Extremely Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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| 357 |
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 (Sierra) La Porte, Cal. Bold red balloon cds tying 1857 10¢ green, type I (small defect) on embossed ladies cover to Maine, adhesive additionally cancelled with manuscript pen cancel, Very Fine and attractive. Scott No. 31 Estimate $300
- 400. (Image1)
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 (Sierra) La Porte (California). Crude black straight-line postal strike (Williams SIE-0920) with two matching "Free" hand stamps and "W. Youlen" handstamp, Very Fine, a most unusual rarity, ex-Myerson. Estimate $400 - 600. W. [William]
Youlen was not a legitimately appointed post master but assumed the post as such for La Porte for a period of several weeks to a few months. It is believed this took place in the late 1850?s. Several examples of his mark are known to have passed
through the mail, a like example, also addressed to San Jose is located in the Wiltsee Collection. See Letter of Gold, page 310. (Image1)
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 (Sierra) La Porte, Cal, Mar 4, 1863. Double circle postmark on cover to Chantonnay, France franked with 1861 5¢ red brown + 30¢ orange (5¢ with fiery color, one blunt perf) with target cancels, the 5¢ tied and overlapping the 30¢ (5¢
overpayment of the 30¢ double rate), red New York exchange postmark showing 12¢ credit along with red Calais entry postmark and matching red "PD" paid to destination handstamp, two transit postmarks and receiving postmark on the back, Very Fine,
illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 130). Scott No. 71+75 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Sierra) Rabbit Town, Cal., Oct 1. Collins type double-lined cds and "Paid 10" manuscript rate marking on stampless cover to Cornville, Maine, minor tone spots, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sierra) Rabbit Town, Cal./Feb. 19. Red Collins type postmark on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Yuba City, Very Fine, a scarce town marking in red. Estimate $75 - 100. (Image1)
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 (Sierra) St. Louis, Cal., May 1. Large cds and "Paid 29cts" manuscript rate marking on 1858 stampless cover to Stanhoe, England, red Liverpool exchange postmark (partly touched up with pen) and matching red "19" credit to England along
with transit and receiving postmarks on the front plus red London transit postmark on the back, corner nick at lower right, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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 (Sierra) Table Rock, Cal./Dec. 28. Balloon type postmark on 1864 cover to Switzerland with manuscript "Paid 42" in magenta paying the double 21¢ rate, small part of backflap torn away, Very Fine, a scarce Trans-Atlantic usage. Estimate
$100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Siskiyou) Ft. Bidwell, Cal., Oct 31, '69. Manuscript postmark (Williams SIS-1430) cover to Ashland Mills, Ore. franked with manuscript cancelled 3¢ 1869 (creased), manuscript endorsement at lower left "Via Susanville, Nev.", Very Fine, a
scarce 6 year Post Office. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Siskiyou) Ft. Bidwell, Cal., Dec 31, 70. Double circle date stamp (SIS-1440) and matching target handstamp tying 3¢ Banknote on cover to Wisconsin; tiny corner tip repair at top right, still Very Fine, a very scarce postmark known used
between November 1870 and February 1871. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Siskiyou) Yreka, Cal. Two different cds's on covers to Roseburg, O. (Marks); 1861 usage (SIS-4110) franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red tied by grid handstamp, other (SIS-4150) in blue on 3¢ entire with original 1880 enclosure, Very Fine.
Estimate $50 - 75. (Image1)
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 (Siskiyou) Yreka, Cal., Sep 28, 1855. Red cds and matching "Paid" in arc over "10" red handstamped rate marking on stampless Wide West "Ups And Downs" illustrated miners envelope to Augusta, Georgia, edge repairs affecting the postmark
and rate marking, top backflap missing, Fine appearance, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 273). Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Siskiyou) Yreka, Cal. Two covers with the same balloon cds, first "Yreka, Cal., Sep 28, 1855" in red with matching "Paid" in arc over "10" red handstamped rate marking on stampless cover to Pageville, Kentucky, second "Yreka, Cal., Jul
4, 1856" struck twice in black on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Yuba City (Masonic Lodge correspondence), Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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 (Solano) Vallejo, Cal., Sep 8. Red balloon cds and matching "Paid" in arc over "10" red handstamped rate marking on stampless cover, Masonic Lodge correspondence to Yuba City with original 1856 partly printed enclosure, Extremely Fine,
ex-Myerson & Polland. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Donahue, Cal./Sonoma Co./March 11, 1875. Blue town and county postmark on cover to Ohio franked with two 3¢ green Bank Note singles, cancelled by blue circle of wedges, left stamp with couple small perf flaws, Very Fine and
scarce. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Fishermans Bay/March 25. Manuscript postmark on 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco, small tear at top, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Healdsburg, Cal./Dec 21, 1862. Circular postmark (Williams SIN-2680) with "Union" and Flag Fancy Cancel on 1861 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Vallejo, Cal., small tear at top, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Healdsburg, Cal./Jun. 28. Neat cds on 1861 3¢ entire to Salt Point, Cal., cancelled by wonderful strike of Patriotic Fancy cancel showing Flag and straight line "Union" at bottom, cover missent to Petaluma & forwarded with double
circle postmark on "July 4, 1862" and straight line "Missent" handstamp, some cover wear, Very Fine, one of the few California fancy cancels. Estimate $500 - 750.
(Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Santa Rosa Town Cancels on Cover, 1857-1910. 98 or so covers in 2 albums, variety of cancels & usages, plethora of advertising including hotels, wineries, druggists, farm equipment, guns & general merchandise, fruit trees, RR
Agents, etc; among many Santa Rosa cancels are 1861 SON-4490 & SON-4500 with multiple examples; condition generally F-VF, please inspect. Estimate $600 - 800.
(Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Santa Rosa, Cal./Jun. 30. Blue cds on 1855 cover to Yuba City, Cal. with matching "Paid 3" handstamp, included is printed Mason's application, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Timber Cove/Feb. 8, '65. Manuscript postmark on 1861 3¢ entire to San Francisco, reverse with San Francisco "Advertised" cds & San Francisco double circle postmark, front with red San Francisco "Not Called For" handstamp, Very
Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sonoma) Valley Ford, Cal./May 13, 1879. Perfect strike of magenta double circle postmark ties 3¢ green Bank Note on cover to Cloverdale, Cal., adhesive additionally cancelled by matching target, bit reduced at right, Very Fine. Estimate
$100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sutter) Nicolaus, Cal./Jan 19. Neat manuscript postmark (SUT-320) on uncanceled 1855, 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Vermont, Very Fine, scarce, ex Barkhausen. Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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 (Sutter) Nicolaus, Cal./Feb. 3. Manuscript postmark (SUT-320) on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Vermont, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sutter) Nicolaus (Cal.) April 4. Manuscript postmark on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Seward's Mills, Maine, "1859" pencil docket on the back, trifle reduced at right, Very Fine, ex-Myerson. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Sutter) Vernon (Cal.), Sept 22. Manuscript postmark and "5" manuscript rate marking on stampless folded letter address leaf (no letter) to California Governor John McDougall at Vallejo and then forwarded from Vallejo to San Jose with
"Vallejo Cal, Sept 30" manuscript postmark and "ford 5 / 10" additional manuscript rate marking, Very Fine, Vernon is a very scarce early California town, ex-Nathan. Estimate $150 - 200. This folded letter is datable to 1851 since John McDougall
became California's second state Governor on January 9, 1851, and he held the office until January 8, 1852. One of McDougall's early acts was to sign legislation authorizing the relocation of the state capital from San Jose to Vallejo, which occurred
officially on January 5, 1852. The state capital moved again to Benicia in 1853 and finally to Sacramento in 1854. (Image1)
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SOLD for $190.00
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 (Tehama) Vina, Cal., May 27, 1889. Double circle postmark (Williams THE-1670) ties 2¢ Bank Note on cover to Sacramento, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate $75 - 100. (Image1)
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 (Trinity) Trinity Centre (Cal.), August 30th. Manuscript postmark on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire with pen cancel on the indicium to Robbinston, Maine, with three original 1858 letters including one from a woman to her brother with
descriptions of home life and another from the woman's miner husband to his brother in law with humorous content, minor edge wear, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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 (Trinity) Weaverville Dec. 23rd 1849. Heading on stampless folded miner's letter from a man suffering from rheumatism to his brother in Iowaville, Iowa, carried outside of the mails and mailed with "New Orleans, La., Mar 21" red postmark
and "Ship" red straight line handstamp and "12" manuscript rate marking (2¢ ship fee plus 10¢ postage from New Orleans to Iowaville collect), letter opines that "…gold is plenty here but if a man is doing well there he had better stay there…." and
"…mining is a lottery here, a man may strike on a place where he can make a fortune in a few days and he may work for weeks without making anything… there is gold in all the Brooks here, it's hard to wash a pan of dirt without getting some gold but a
man won't work unless he can get 3 or 4 bits to the pan of dirt… the best diggins is on the Rivers near the edge of the water so a man has to work in the water to make big wages, that's what crippled me with rheumatism….", Very Fine. Estimate $100 -
150. (Image1)
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 (Trinity) Weaverville Cal, May 19. Manuscript postmark and "10" manuscript rate marking on stampless folded letter address leaf (no letter) to the California Secretary of State at Sacramento City, "1852" docket, Very Fine double rate
collect use. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Trinity) Weaverville, Cal., May 13. Blue cds and "Paid" in arc over "10" handstamped rate marking on stampless cover to McIndoes Falls, Vermont, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Tuolumne) Columbia Cal. Straight line postmark with "Feb 10 / 53" manuscript date and "10" in circle handstamped rate marking on stampless cover to Canaan, Maine, minor edge wear, top backflap missing, F.-V.F., illustrated in Coburn's
Letters of Gold (page 309), album page with a gold nugget and a photograph of the Wells Fargo office at Columbia accompanies. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Tuolumne) Columbia, Cal., Collection Balance. 14 covers (one folded letter), most 1850's, including stampless 10 with two-line straight line postmark plus four different stampless rates with cds postmarks in blue, stamped covers include
two with 1851 3¢ pair tied (plus another cover with two-line straight line postmark and stamps cut off), one with 1851 10c tied, a mixed issue cover with 1851 3¢ pair and single plus 1857 1¢ single all tied, an 1863 cover with 1861 3¢ tied by fancy
cancel, an 1869 cover to Switzerland with 1861 3¢ with grill pair and 1866 15¢ with grill tied, and an 1878 cover, F.-V.F. overall. Estimate $300 - 400.
(Image1)
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 (Tuolumne) Don Pedros Bar, Feb. 3rd Cal. Manuscript postmark on cover to Wareham, Massachusetts franked with 1857 5¢ red brown type I pair with pen cancels, small edge nick at left, Very Fine, a very rare usage of the 5¢ 1857 issue in
California. Scott No. 28 Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Tuolumne) Don Pedros Bar, July 22d Cal. Manuscript postmark on cover to Martinez franked with 1857 5¢ red brown type I with pen cancels (2¢ overpayment possibly due to a shortage of 3¢ stamps), Very Fine. Scott No. 28 Estimate $150 -
200. (Image1)
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 (Tuolumne) Jamestown Cal, Oct. 21st. Manuscript postmark ties 1851 3¢ dull red pair (four margins, discolored) with pen cancels on cover to Richmond, Virginia, pencil note on the back indicates stamps plated by Knapp (59-60L2L), cover a
bit nibbled at left and light stains, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Yolo) Fremont, Cal. /Dec. 25 (1850). Christmas Day manuscript postmark and "12½" manuscript rate marking on stampless folded letter to "Genl. Robert Semple, L. B. Mizner Esq, or Capt. Von Pfister" in Benicia (Semple was one of the
founders of Benicia, and the others were prominent early citizens of the city), with original letter detached from the address leaf for display purposes, from Charles B. Sterling and headed "Sterling's Rancho, Upper Sacramento, Dec. 8, 1850" and
requesting that one of his friends pay his property taxes on a building lot because "I am now (owing to press of business) unable to go there to attend to it." with "P.S. I have addressed the above to three [of you] so as to be certain that this will
find one of you at home.", a few small stains on the address panel, Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400. Cover illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 316). The Fremont Post Office operated from 1850 to 1864 only. Fremont was located at the
confluence of the Feather River with the Sacramento River above Sacramento City.Charles B. Sterling was the second settler in what is now Colusa County. He sold produce from his rancho to the miners on the Feather River to good advantage. In that
fateful year of 1849, as the story goes, before departing with a load on offer, he buried for safe keeping a few thousand dollars worth of gold dust in a square gin bottle some distance from his residence. He marked the location with a bunch of weeds
that he would recognize again but, upon his return from the mines, found that a wildfire had burned over the area. The weeds were gone. The gin bottle with its treasure was never found.(FYI - Lost treasure in a gin bottle… it doesn't get better than
that). (Image1)
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 (Yuba) Camptonville, Cal. Jan 27. Manuscript postmark and "Paid 6" manuscript rate marking on 1855 stampless folded letter to Yorkville, New York, letter from a man to his brother and concludes by noting "I write this at the post office",
minor splitting at the folds and edge wear, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Yuba) Camptonville, Cal., May, 29, 1861. Cds on cover to Swanzey, New Hampshire franked with 1857 10¢ green type V (very fine) with segmented grid cancel, Very Fine. Scott No. 35 Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Yuba) Long Bar, Cal., Mar 8. Cds ties 1857 10¢ green type V on cover to Farmington, Maine, a couple light edge stains, F.-V.F., a printed invitation card to an 1859 "Grand Ball" at the Union Hotel in Long Bar accompanies. Scott No. 35
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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 (Yuba) Long Bar, Cal., May 11. Cds ties 1857 10¢ green type II (couple tiny perf flaws) on cover to Dexter, Maine, "Via Salt Lake Overland" sender's endorsement for carriage on the Central Overland Route (under the Chorpenning contract if
1858 or 1859 and under the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Co. contract if 1860 or 1861), "Due 10" manuscript notation so evidently double rate, edge wear, top backflap partly missing, F.-V.F. Scott No. 32 Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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(Yuba) Marysville Covers, 1854-1872. Interesting group of covers, including stampless with blue "Marysville Cal 10" (2 covers) and another in red with "Paid" underneath; another with imperf 10¢ green (#14) to Clinton (Nevada Co.) Cal with 1857 dated
"Jamesville Wis" cds; also #15 with Marysville "Paid By Stamps" to Ohio; also same cancel on cover franked with perf 10¢ green and manuscript "Due 10"; #35 tied by San Francisco cds to Montreal, L.C.; also 3 covers with black Wells, Fargo & Co.
franks (1 on 3¢ pink, 2 on 3¢ green entires), all with oval blue Marysville dated handstamps, to San Francisco; finally, a 3¢ pink entire with double oval Wells, Fargo & Co. dated handstamp and "Deckee & Jewett / Marysville" bankers dated handstamp
(no photo). Estimate $200 - 300.
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(Yuba) Marysville Postcards & Ephemera Collection, 1850's-1940's. Interesting accumulation of about 250 postcards, almost all with views of Marysville and surrounding scenes, some real photo, occasional duplication noted; along with ephemera of
various kinds, such as cartes de visite, stereo cards, bank fraud wanted sheriff's handbills, historical writeups, old photographs, invoices, 1860's Yuba County bond, etc; plus some miscellaneous unrelated covers; please inspect (no photo). Estimate
$500 - 750.
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 (Yuba) Marysville, Cal., Collection Balance. Nine covers including a stampless 10, one with 1851 10¢ tied plus two 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entires with ¢ postmarks, one with 1857 3¢ tied and another with 1857 10¢ pair, an 1860's cover with
"Missent" handstamp and Marysville forwarding postmark, an 1860's corner card cover, and an 1870 cover to Switzerland with 1869 3¢ strip of six plus 1869 12¢ (not original), F.-V.F. group. Estimate $200 - 300. (Image1)
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 (Yuba) Park's Bar, Cal., Apr 3. Balloon postmark and "Paid" handstamp with "10" manuscript rate on stampless cover to Norwich, Connecticut, Very Fine, ex-Myerson. Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)
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