Worldwide United States Truckee Cal. Postal History Collection
Sale No: 56
Lot No:554
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Truckee, Cal. Postal History Collection, approximately 65 covers and cards on pages in binder; comprehensive range of townmarks as well as picture postcards including real-photo, express usages and ephemera; starting with W, F & Co. Coburn Station usage to east coast with Union Pacific R.R. postmark, postal marking including 1868 Truckee manuscript and the first Truckee cds (NEV-2300, only one recorded), 1870's usages with many interesting corner card usages including Tahoe House (with enclosure), Truckee Lumber Co. allover shaded ad, usage to Brazil and incoming cover from Canada with unlisted Advertised postmark, 1880's including the 1881 provisional straight line postmark (NEV-2360, the only one recorded), 1888 corner card cover from C.F. McGlashan (author of The History of the Donner Party) to Donner Part survivor Virginia Reed Murphy, Wells, Fargo & Co. express covers including allover shaded ad, etc.; a wonderful and important postal history collection of Truckee, generally Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)