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Lot No:536
Symbol:Barlow, Sanderson & Co.'s, Southern Overland Mail & Express Co. Printed boxed corner card and illustrated four-horse stagecoach above, on cover to Middlefield Centre, N.Y., franked with 1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114) tied by target handstamp, matching "Phillipsburg, Kan., May 13" cds; stamp flaws at top and cover professionally restored along edges and at right, Very Fine appearance. Estimate; $300 - 400. US$300-400 (Image)
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:06:36 EST
Sold For 500
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Lot No:537
Symbol:Coast Line San Juan & Los Angeles, U.S. Mail Stage Company. Imprint on orange cover to San Juan, roughly opened at right, original enclosure with similar printed letterhead in blue, 1867 letter written in San Francisco by W.E. Lovett, Owner of the Stage Line, cover carried without postage as this was Office Business, Fine and rare. Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:07:51 EST
Sold For 550
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Lot No:538
Symbol:Foss & Connelly, Stage Proprietors. Illustrated corner card showing Four-Horse "Geysers" Wagon, on cover to Boston Highlands, Mass., franked with 3¢ Banknote canceled by quartered cork handstamp, matching "San Francisco, Cal., Jun 18" cds alongside, Very Fine, Foss & Connelly ran the Geyser Stage Line from San Francisco to the Calistoga Hot Springs in Napa Valley. Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 325.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:08:30 EST
Sold For 325
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Lot No:539
Symbol:Lake Tahoe Stage Office, J.M. Benton - Proprietor, Carson City, Nevada. Illustrated four-horse stagecoach corner card, on cover franked with 3¢ Banknote just tied by "Carson City, Nev., Oct 26" cds, reverse with illustrated stage office scene showing six-horse stagecoach in foreground, with company letterhead billing from another correspondence; cover irregularly reduced at right, F.-V.F. Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:09:40 EST
Sold For 750
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Lot No:540
Symbol:North Western Stage Co., General Manager's Office, Boise City, Idaho Territory. Manuscript crossed through corner card on cover to Roseburg, Oregon, franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by "Washington, D.C., Feb 24" cds and quartered cork duplex, with original enclosure from S.S. Huntley enclosing a draft for "Route No. 4413"; cover tear at bottom right, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300.
A letter from S.S. Huntley, a Montana Express & Stage operator, showing proceeds for a portion of his western mail contract. US$200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:10:06 EST
Sold For 110
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Lot No:541
Symbol:North-Western Stage Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Corner card on cover with large red Four-Horse Stagecoach design at center, to Centre White Creek, N.Y. franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by grid handstamp, matching "Colorado Springs, Colo., Mar 14" cds alongside; cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine. Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300 (Image)
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:10:24 EST
Sold For 250
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Lot No:542
Symbol:Ojai, Ventura & Matilija Mail Stage Line, Wheeler C. Blumberg Proprietor, Nordhoff, California. Corner card on cover to San Francisco, Cal., franked with 2¢ Columbian canceled by target handstamp, matching "Matilija, Cal., Apr 7, 1894" cds at center, receiving backstamp; small stamp scuff, Very Fine, this stagecoach line is illuminated in Outland's Stagecoaching on El Camino Real. Los Angeles to San Francisco (page 320). Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200 (Image)
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:11:36 EST
Sold For 500
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Lot No:543
Symbol:"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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Lot No:544
Symbol:Overland Via Los Angeles, U.S. Mail. Four-horse stagecoach designs on three unused covers; two similar printed designs with "Overland - Via - Los Angeles" below, both hand colored on buff and yellow covers, and slightly different design with "San Francisco and St. Louis - 20 days." below on lilac laid paper cover, Very Fine. Estimate; $100 - 150. US$100-150 (Image)
Est. $100-150
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:12:58 EST
Sold For 110
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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. $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 675.00
Sold...US$ 675.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:13:20 EST
Sold For 675
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Lot No:546
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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. $200-300
Opening US$ 475.00
Sold...US$ 475.00
Closed..Apr-25-2024, 18:13:54 EST
Sold For 475
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Lot No:547
Symbol: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)
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