Sale No: 115
Lot No:536
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Est. $300-400

Sale No: 115
Lot No:537
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Est. $200-300

Sale No: 115
Lot No:538
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Est. $200-300

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Lot No:539
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Est. $200-300

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Lot No:540
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Est. $200-300

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Lot No:541
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Est. $200-300

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Lot No:542
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Est. $150-200

Sale No: 115
Lot No:543
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

"Overland Mail" Stagecoach Covers. Of five covers and rebacked front; four four-horse stagecoach designs including small illustration with large "Overland Mail, Via Placerville and Salt Lake." imprint alongside, rebacked front with medium size illustration and "Per Overland Mail Via Los Angeles" above and Wm. E. Loomis imprint below, and two similar large size illustrations with "St. Louis" and "New York" banners on horses, one on white cover (address panel cut out) and on yellow cover (locally addressed in Santa Cruz), and two similar six-horse stagecoach designs with "From San Francisco Via Los Angeles" banner above horses, one with Randall & Co. imprint and other with Hutching & Rosenfield imprint; covers with various flaws including missing partial/all stamps, etc., Decent Appearance, a scarce reference group.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.



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Est. $1,000-1,500

Sale No: 115
Lot No:544
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Est. $100-150

Sale No: 115
Lot No:545
Symbol:Cat No:65

Pioneer Stage Company, Sacramento to Virginia. Tan allover illustrated stagecoach shaded ad on cover to Coldwater, Mich., franked 1861 3¢ rose, strip of three canceled by grids with "Placerville, Cal., Feb 3" cds; one stamp with unnoticeable tear, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine and rare, pictured in Letters of Gold.
Scott No. 65; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

THE FINEST OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS ILLUSTRATED PIONEER STAGE COMPANY ENVELOPE.

The Pioneer Stage Co. began in the summer of 1859 when J.B. Crandell drove the first coach over the Sierra Nevada mountains to Carson Valley. Over the next years the Pioneer Stage Co. became a premier transportation service. In November 1866 they consolidated with other overland stage and express companies into the Wells, Fargo & Company. US$1,000-1,500 (Image)

Est. $1,000-1,500

Pioneer Stage Company, Sacramento to Virginia, Virginia Office, Nov 4th, 1865. Illustrated six-horse stagecoach letterhead and dateline on one page letter written by Hiram S. Rumfield to Mrs Rumfield in Tiffin, O., letter regarding trip from Salt Lake City with Mr. Tracy (either James or Theodore Tracy) and making the 400 mile journey in one day and twenty hours (Tracy's idea to make a fast run), letter signed "Hiram", Very Fine, with accompanying letter from Bob Chandler regarding this letter, ex-Pearce.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Hiram S. Rumfield was the Assistant Treasurer of the Overland Mail Co. US$200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Sale No: 115
Lot No:547
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Stage Line Corner Card Cover Group. Of six covers, one unused; includes "J.L. Sanderson & Co., C.&O. Coast Overland Mail Company, Yreka, Cal." corner card with large illustrated six-horse stagecoach scene, 1886 "California, Oregon and Idaho Stage Company, Yreka, Cal." corner card on cover Ashland, Oreg. to Oakland, Cal. with enclosure, 1896 "Conway & Little, Proprietors Castella and Cinnabar Mail Express and Saddle Train" corner card on cover Castella to Redding, Cal., 1906 "Oroville and Quincy Stage Line, Oroville, Cal." corner card with "Quincy" crossed out and "Cherokee" written in, Oroville to Downieville, Cal., "National Mail and Transportation Company, St. Louis, Mo." illustrated corner card showing four-horse "U.S. Mail" stagecoach, cover from Silver City, N. Mex., and unused "Fort Worth & Denver City Stage Co., Wichita Falls, Texas" illustrated corner card showing six-horse stagecoach scene; most covers with reduction into franking or edge flaws, Fine or better, a very scarce group.
Estimate; $500 - 750. US$500-750 (Image)

Est. $500-750