Schuyler J. Rumsey Philatelic Auctions Sale: 101
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:733 Symbol: Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. THE EARLIEST DATED CAMP SIMEAHMOO USE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED. This cover was sent by August V. Kautz to his cousin, who was the wife of General James W. Denver. Kautz had emigrated from Germany to Ohio and was graduated from West Point in the class of 1848. At the time of this letter he was a Lieutenant. During the Civil War he rose to Brigadier General and then to Major General in 1864-65. He was a member of the military commission that tried the conspirators for the assassination of President Lincoln. Camp Semiahmoo was founded by the Boundary Commission in 1858 as a base of operation for the northwest boundary commission survey on Canadian soil, among the remnants of the earlier British camp, on a little strip of open land near the mouth of the little Campbell River close to one of the Semiahmoo winter camps. The site was just north of the forty-ninth parallel; contained a fresh water supply, and the Campbell River channel provided water access over the tidal flats. While at this site the troops constructed about a mile and three-quarters of good road along the shore of Semiahmoo Bay between the boundary and Camp Semiahmoo. This base was later used while the boundary was slashed and marked from Semiahmoo Bay to the Sumas Flats. US$2,000-3,000 (Image) Est. $2,000-3,000
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:734 Symbol: Estimate; $150 - 200. The Washington Territorial Postmark catalog records a Colville Valley post office 1858-59 (no postmarks known) and Colville from 1883 to current. US$150-200 (Image) Est. $150-200
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Lot No:735 Symbol: Estimate; $300 - 400. The Fort Colville Post Office was established in 1858 as a base of operation for the northwest boundary commission survey. US$300-400 (Image) Est. $300-400
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:736 Symbol: Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. The autographed signed letter from Archibald McDonald (1790-1853) was Chief Trader for the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Langley, Fort Nisqually and Fort Colville and one-time deputy governor of the Red River Colony. Letter concerns an earlier letter written from Fort Colville about 25 September 1836 to John Stuart per Hudson Bar Co. "Columbia" by Captain Royal that was miss-addressed. US$1,000-1,500 (Image) Est. $1,000-1,500
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Lot No:737 Symbol: Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200 (Image) Est. $150-200
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:738 Symbol: Estimate; $400 - 600. Port Townsend was established on Sept. 28, 1852 in Oregon Territory. Although "Fifty-four forty or fight" was the slogan, the line was drawn at 49 degrees in 1846. However, it was not until the summer of 1857 when a joint American/British boundary commission began to survey the 409-mile line. It took four years, 1857-1861, to survey the entire 409-mile boundary, which crossed rugged and heavily forested terrain between the crest of the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast at Point Roberts. US$400-600 (Image) Est. $400-600
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:739 Symbol: Estimate; $200 - 300. Port Townsend post office opened in 1852, months before the establishment of the territory. However, the earliest date known was 1857. US$200-300 (Image) Est. $200-300
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:740 Symbol: Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED BUTTERFIELD USES ORIGINATING FROM WASHINGTON TERRITORY. The first U.S. overland mail contract connecting San Francisco to the Mississippi River cities was made with the Overland Mail Company as contractor. The "Southern" route name quickly became synonymous with the Company president, John Butterfield. This was a biweekly service (later more frequently between Los Angeles and San Francisco) in operation from September 16, 1858 through March 1861, when because of the impending Civil War, Congress determined to move the overland mail route north to the Central Overland Route. US$2,000-3,000 (Image) Est. $2,000-3,000
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Lot No:741 Symbol: Estimate; $150 - 200. The manuscript Teekalet postmark is recorded from 23 Jan 1858 to 22 Mar 1859. US$150-200 (Image) Est. $150-200
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:742 Symbol: Coupe's Express. Printed oval frank on 3¢ pink (U58) entire lightly canceled by "Olympia W.T., Aug 9" cds duplexed with "10" in circle cancel to Portland, Maine; some edge wear and flap tear, otherwise Very Fine and rare. Thomas Nos. COU-100; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. A GREAT WASHINGTON TERRITORIAL EXPRESS RARITY. THIS IS THE EARLIEST OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE COUPE'S EXPRESS FRANK. This one-man express was operated by Thomas Coupe in the Puget Sound area reportedly from 1864 for almost ten years. Coupe operated a small steamer vessel, the "Success", as a ferry between Port Townsend and Ebey's Landing on Whibey Island during the life of his express. A cover carried by Wells, Fargo & Co. from San Francisco to Port Townsend via Victoria is known bearing an endorsement "In Care of Capt Coupe". US$1,000-1,500 (Image) Est. $1,000-1,500
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:743 Symbol: Kootenai Express. Printed frank vertically at left with "James & Co.'s" crossed out in manuscript used in conjunction with "Wells, Fargo & Co." printed frank on 3¢ pink (U58) entire canceled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Walla Walla, Feb 28" oval to Oregon City; tiny scuff in Wells frank, ex Dale-Lichtenstein. Thomas Nos. KOO-001; Estimate $750 - 1,000. In 1863, gold was discovered at the confluence of the Wild Horse Creek and the Kootenay Rivers in British Columbia. It is believed that E. L. James was first to establish an express from Walla Walla, Washington to this location. He lasted but a short period and was replaced by Mose Drouillard's Kootenai Express, which operated from Lewiston, Idaho Territory. US$750-1,000 (Image) Est. $750-1,000
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Lot No:744 Symbol: Mossman's & Co's Express, Dirigo Nez Perces & Salmon River Mines, Paid. Printed frank on 3¢ pink (U26) entire canceled by manuscript "Lewiston W.T., Sept 11 /62" manuscript postmark to Martinez, Cal., entered mails with bold "Portland OR. Sep 19, 186" cds; wear and restored faults, Fine appearance. Thomas Nos. MOS-200; Estimate $500 - 750. THE ONLY RECORDED USE FROM LEWISTON, IDAHO TERRITORY BY MOSSMAN'S & CO'S EXPRESS. ONE OF ONLY 7 RECORDED USED EXAMPLES OF THIS FRANK. He formed a partnership in October 1861 with C. J. Miller. This partnership lasted through the spring of 1862. This express was known as Mossman & Miller's Express. Miller connected with Mossman at Lewiston and ran to Florence City. After Miller left, Mossman took on partners J. C. Franklin, Thomas Paulson, and John McBride. This operation was known as Mossman & Co. and may have extended to Portland. In June 1863, Mossman sold his operation to Wells Fargo. US$500-750 (Image) Est. $500-750
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:745 Symbol: Mossman's Express, Nez Perces Mines. Printed frank and fancy "Paid 50 Cents." scroll (MOS-200e) at bottom left on 3¢ red (U27) star die buff entire canceled by blue "Wailepta W.T., Oct 11" cds to Portland, Oregon; restored at left affecting, partial top flap, Very Fine appearance, Census WC2267, ex Dale-Lichtenstein. Thomas Nos. MOS-001; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. Isaac (Ika) Van Doresy Mossman was one of the first express men into the Nez Perces or Clearwater area of Idaho Territory. He started by running a string of ponies from Walla Walla, Washington Territory. By July 1862, he had expanded the route from Walla Walla through Lewiston to the Oro Fino area of Idaho Territory. US$1,000-1,500 (Image) Est. $1,000-1,500
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Lot No:746 Symbol: Salmon River & Nez Perces Express. Paid 75 Cents. Printed frank at bottom left and red "Wells, Fargo & Co." printed frank on 10¢ green (U40) entire canceled by four-ring target and blue "Atchison Kas, Aug 4" double-circle datestamp to Hamburg, N.Y.; small edge tear top right, edge wear and reduced slightly at right, F.-V.F. and scarce 75¢ frank, Thomas Census unlisted, with 1985 A.P.S. certificate. Thomas Nos. WFE-215c; Estimate $500 - 750. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED SALMON RIVER & NEZ PERCES EXPRESS "PAID 75 CENTS" FRANKS IN COMBINATION WITH WELLS FARGO FRANK DURING THE WELLS PERIOD. Edward Tracy started applying a surcharge to envelopes for service to the Salmon River and Nez Perces mining area and Walla Walla, Washington Territory where it connected with Wells, Fargo & Co. When Wells Fargo bought out Tracy in April 1862, they continued to honor the Tracy surcharge printed frank. If a cover contains no Tracy handstamp it can be assumed that it is a Wells Fargo carried cover. US$500-750 (Image) Est. $500-750
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:747 Symbol: Estimate; $500 - 750. This cover was carried by Tracy & Co. from Portland about 250 miles inland to Walla Walla in Washington Territory. E.W. Tracy was Wells Fargo & Co.'s agent in Oregon and Washington Territory, and in 1861 established his own express company and extended the lines of Wells Fargo into the Nez Perces and Salmon River mining regions. US$500-750 (Image) Est. $500-750
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:748 Symbol: Waldron's Kootenai Express. Fancy printed frank at bottom right, used in conjunction with "Wells, Fargo & Co." printed frank on 3¢ pink (U59) buff envelope canceled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Walla Walla, Oct 20" oval to Dalles City, Oregon; light stains and reduced at right, otherwise Very Fine, Thomas Census unlisted, ex-Knapp, Dale-Lichtenstein. Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS FANCY WALDRON'S KOOTENAI EXPRESS FRANK AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS, THE OTHER IS ENSCONCED IN THE WILTSEE COLLECTION. In early 1865, Dave Waldron started running an express service between the Kootenai Mines in Canada and Walla Walla, Washington Territory, where he connected with Wells Fargo & Co. In April 1866, he and two partners, Sam Buchanan and W. Edgar, created the Waldron & Company Blackfoot Express that operated between Walla Walla and Helena, Montana Territory. About one year later, they curtailed the route to Walla Walla and concentrated on the Montana region. US$1,500-2,000 (Image) Est. $1,500-2,000
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:749 Symbol: Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300 (Image) Est. $200-300
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Sale No: 101
Lot No:750 Symbol: Wells, Fargo & Co., "Paid 25 Cents." . Printed surcharge with frank on 3¢ pink (U34) buff entire canceled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Walla Walla, Apr 1" oval to San Francisco Cal.; corner flaws and wear, Fine and rare, Thomas Census WC9895. Thomas Nos. WFE-213; Estimate $400 - 600. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS WELLS FARGO & CO. BOISE MINES SURCHARGE. This "25 Cents" surcharge was used for mail brought into Walla Walla from mining areas. US$400-600 (Image) Est. $400-600
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Lot No:751 Symbol: Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300 (Image) Est. $200-300
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