(Sacramento) Mormon Island, Cala. Double-lined double oval postmark with "Dec'14" handstamped date and large "X" manuscript rate marking on cover to Maine, with original letter headed "Morman, Island Dec 12th 1854" with personal and religious content including "there is the least hypocrisy in California of any place I ever was in, every man acts out his own principal, the drunkard, the murderer, the gambler, the idolater, all this was carried on within a hundred rods of where I boarded…", light stain, Very Fine and a scarce example with handstamped date slug. Estimate  $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

(Sacramento) Mormon Island, Cala. Double-lined double oval postmark with "June 28" manuscript date and "10" manuscript rate marking on stampless cover to Milton, Massachusetts, then forwarded fully prepaid from Boston to South Mansfield, Massachusetts, "Paid" manuscript notation added at left & "Boston, Aug 2, 3cts" red cds and "Paid" red straight line handstamp applied at right, Very Fine and choice, a great strike of this marking which is notoriously difficult to find a complete marking, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 314). Estimate  $150 - 200. $0 (Image)

(Sacramento) Mormon Island, Cala. Double-lined double oval postmark with manuscript date on five covers (four envelopes and one folded letter address leaf) showing different rates or rate markings including the 6¢ transcontinental rate paid by 1851 3¢ dull red two singles with pen cancels, manuscript "10" collect, handstamped "10" collect, handstamped "Paid" with manuscript "3" to San Francisco, and manuscript "Ford 5" collect on 1851 3¢ dull red cover from San Francisco to Mormon Island and forwarded nearly two months later to Sacramento, Very Fine lot. Estimate  $300 - 400. $0 (Image)