(San Diego) San Diego, Cal. Bold manuscript postmark with matching "12½" rate on folded cover to Andreas Pico, San Jose, Cal., couple light file folds, Very Fine. Estimate  $300 - 400. Andreas Pico was the first delegate to represent Southern California at our new, first state capital. $0 (Image)

(San Diego) San Diego, Cal. Ap'l, 18,/50. Manuscript postmark & matching "12 ½" rate on small folded cover to Secretary of State at San Jose, mostly complete outer address leaf (three panels missing), fresh and Very Fine, rare manuscript pre-statehood marking. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

(San Diego) San Diego, Cal./Jul. 3 (1850). Bold cds with inverted date on small ladies' cover to Washington, D.C. with manuscript "40" rate, Very Fine and rare, this is the earliest recorded example of this postmark, Cover illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 34), ex-Polland. Estimate  $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

(San Diego) San Diego, Cal./Jul. 3 (1851). Cds on folded cover to San Jose with manuscript "Paid 12½" rate, cover forwarded with red "San Jose, Cal." cds to the new state capital in Vallejo with second "12½" rate, Very Fine, ex-Polland. Estimate  $200 - 300. $0 (Image)

(San Diego) San Diego, Cal./July 4, 1850. Manuscript postmark with matching manuscript "Paid 40" rate on folded cover to New York, interesting letter regarding the financial difficulties of making a living in San Francisco, before you come to San Francisco to be first assured that on your arrival here, you can find some business or employment, I give this advice from the fact that I know very few of you have much money, and a cat had better be in hell without claws, than a man in San Francisco without money. - as for the mines there are a humbug, to be sure there is a plenty of gold, yet it takes hard working men to get it and it uses even them rather badly., small ink stain affecting "40" rate, Very Fine and choice, ex-Haas. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

(San Diego) San Diego, Cal./May 17,'52. Manuscript postmark on cover to New York with bold New York "Steamship/10" due arrival handstamp, flap tear & some slight edge wear, Very Fine, a rare early California postmark. Estimate  $500 - 750. $0 (Image)