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The Twitchell Correspondence (Arranged by Date) continued...
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 (Twitchell) California Gulch, June 7th, 1861. Dateline on two page letter, with content in part…I was indeed glad to here from you I have faild to write you for 2 weeks past. which was in consequences of
being hurried with work last week I went to Breckinridge, French & Georgia Gulches a distance of 80 miles, My business was to attend to some claims, that Jim has over there in French Gulch…I was shown a piece of Gold, by a gentleman on Georgia
Gulch that was worth with a trifle of 300 dollars it was the bigest piece of gold that r have seen in this country, business in that section of the Mines seamed to be tolerably good. I herd from the boys, that I left on Russell Gulch. The have bin
doing prity well since I left Austin intends going home this summer or fall…I intend starting a prospecting to morrow morning r will go about 60 miles west where I have every reason to beleave I can find, good diggin's. I expect to be gone
about IO days. if I do not find anything I think I will make my arrangements to come home as soon as possible, I regret much to here of the excitement that the war creates in that part of the country though I cannot conceive that there will be any
immediate danger or trouble in that section., Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
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| 2092 |
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 (Twitchell) California Gulch, July 1st/61. Dateline on four page letter, with content in part…I was in hopes to have hird from you by our last mail, I have just returned this morning from Taylors Gulch 50
miles west of here where I have bin since I wrote you. A Co. of six of us have bin working on the said gulch about 2 weeks have bin repairing a watter race, building a cabbin & making preparation for work & consequently have done but little mining. I
think however that we can make some money in the course of a month or so…Morg is very sick with the Mountain feaver I am afraid he cannot recover, we have 2 Doctors attending him & are doing all that is in our power for him, Very
Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
Transcribed as written.
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
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| 2093 |
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 (Twitchell) Denver City, Sept 1st, 1861. Dateline on one page letter, with content in part…Dear Wife I wrote you last week that I was this far on my way home (& you will se by this) that I am still this far &
no further. I was detained here for the want of money, I have bin trying to sell my horse for the past week. I think I have at last accomplished a sale, & will start tomorrow morning with a mule team, it will take about 20 days to get to the river.
(Missouri) I expect to go to Atchison, from there to St. Jo. & from there take a Barge or Steam Boat home you need not look for me under 20 or 30 days. I have nothing else of importance I have not herd from Jim since I left the gulch. This leaves me
in good healthy. I will write again from St. Jo. for the present;; includes original cover to Rosiclare, Ill. franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red tied by blue "Denver City" cds, some small flaws, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
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Colorado Expresses
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| 2094 |
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 Barlow & Sanderson Overland Mail & Express Co. Illustrated corner card of six-horse stage reads "Barlow & Sanderson, Proprietors, H. Sanderson, Gen'l Sup't, Principal Office, Peublo, Colorado, H.C. Griffin,
Cashier", cover franked with 1¢ Ultramarine, 2¢ Vermilion, and 3¢ Green Banknotes tied target cancels and addressed to Nasby, Missouri, postmarked "Villa Grove Col. Sep 19" cds, cover with corner defect at top left, included is
interesting letter on matching "Overland Mail and Express Co." letterhead, Very Fine and attractive.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
This spectacular cover realized $4,500 plus buyer's premium in the sale of the "Boulder Collection"
(H.R. Harmer Sale 3056, Lot 552, February 23-24, 2022)nn
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Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$1,000.00
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| 2095 |
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 Forwarded By Pacific Express Company, From Central City, Colo. Black on red express label affixed to legal size cover front to the Clerk of the Court in Xenia, O., light purple 1888 filing date stamp and deposition
docketing at left; some edge wear, F.-V.F., a rare Pacific Express use from Central City.
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
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| 2096 |
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 Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Co., Denver City K.T., Nov 6. Oval datestamp and "The Only Through Express, Direct your Letters Care C.O.C. & P.P. Express, St. Joseph, Mo. or Leavenworth, K.T."
black on magenta express label affixed on yellow cover with manuscript "Gooding's Grove Ill, Mar 28" postmark with matching pen cancels on 3¢ dull red (26) to Mountain City, Kansas Territory; label with small tears, cover and label with
small repair at top left, Very Fine appearance, with 2000 P.F. certificate.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE CENTRAL OVERLAND CALIFORNIA & PIKE'S PEAK EXPRESS LABEL IN MAGENTA ON COVER.
This company was the immediate predecessor of The Pony Express. It was organized by the firm of Russell, Majors & Waddell for the purpose of saving the partnership's freighting operations to army posts in the West. They were one of two
firms that carried mail to the Pike's Peak region when the gold rush began there. COC&PPE had obtained the mail contract from St. Joseph to Salt Lake City operating over the Platte River Road. They carried the express Pike's Peak mail over this route
as far as Julesburg, where it was diverted south to Denver, which had a post office, but no mail route serving the town.
This cover originated in Illinois. At St. Joseph it was handed to the C.O.C. & P.P.E. who delivered it to Mountain City,
Kansas Territory.
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Est. $3,000-4,000
Selling for...$1,500.00
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| 2097 |
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 Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Co., Denver City K.T., Nov 20. Oval date stamp on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Milwaukee, Wis., with additional "Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express
Co., St. Joseph, Mo., Nov 26" receiving oval date stamp, uprated with 1857, 3¢ dull red and entered the mails with "Saint Joseph, Mo., Nov 27" cds, matching grid handstamps canceling and tying adhesive, reverse with additional undated strike
of the Denver City express oval used as a prepaid frank; small tear in 3¢ adhesive at top, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Barkhausen.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
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Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$950.00
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| 2098 |
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 The Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Co., St. Joesph, Mo., Nov 15. Oval date stamp over manuscript routing endorsement with additional "Collect 15cts", on cover to Denver City, Kansas, franked with
1857, 3¢ dull red tied by "Pacific City, Ioa., Nov 12" origin cds, forwarded to Mountain City with instructional notation from the Denver Post Master "Have your Letters Directed to Mountain City & we will send them on. P.M. at Denver
City" at bottom left; stamp with small defects in top right corner and cover minor corner stain at top left, still Very Fine, ex-Dale-Lichtenstein, with 2004 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 26; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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WONDERFUL CENTRAL OVERLAND CALIFORNIA & PIKE'S PEAK EXPRESS CO. USAGE FROM PACIFIC CITY, IOWA.
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Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$1,000.00
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| 2099 |
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 Hinckley & Co's Express Mail via Denver, Paid Through. Scroll frank, scarcer first type without additional text 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Superior, Wisconsin, bold Hinckley & Co.s Express, Denver City Oct 29,
1860 handstamp cds, entered the mails with Saint Joseph, Missouri postmark, gently cleaned, Extremely Fine, ex-Frajola & Whitington.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
Hinckley & Co's Express (May 1860 - May 1861) Hinckley's Express
was founded in 1860 by C. S. Hinckley and John Sowers. It operated between the mining regions west of Denver, Colorado (then Kansas Territory) to Denver. It also operated east from Denver to St. Joseph, Missouri and later to Omaha, Nebraska via the
Platte Valley route. It was purchased by the Central Overland, California & Pike's Peak Express Company on May 11, 1861.nn
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$350.00
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 Hinckley & Co.'s Express, Denver City, Dec 31, 1860. Company date stamp (HIN-100) on fresh 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire with printed scroll frank (HIN-002) and "Enclose Letters in Gov't Stamped Envelopes, and direct,
'Care of Hinckley & Co.'s Express, St. Joe, Mo.'" directive imprint above, to Osterville, Mass., entered the mails with green "Saint Joseph, Mo., Jan 9" cds canceling; small tear at top and slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate;
$750 - 1,000.
Six examples of this frank are recorded all used during the month of December, 1860, Hinckley was using the Western Stage Company during this period and it took nine days transit to arrive in Saint Joseph,
Mo.nn
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$350.00
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 Jones & Russell's Pike's Peak Express Co, Denver City, Aug 8 1859. Complete sharp strike of cds on yellow cover with manuscript "Paid 10c" rating to Mountain City, Colorado Territory, original letter datelined
"Auraria, Aug 6th 1859" and discusses order for supplies and mentions don't neglect my claim; some edge restoration, Very Fine and choice appearance.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
While still operating the Leavenworth City & Pikes Peak
Express, Jones and Russell purchased the John Hockaday line, which had the government mail contract to Salt Lake City via the Platte River. Eventually, this led to the termination of the Republican River-Fort Riley route used by the Leavenworth City
& Pikes Peak Express. Jones & Russell's express operated from July 1859 to February 1860, charging 25¢ per letter.
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$350.00
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 Leavenworth City & Pikes Peak Express Co., Jul 2. Clear cds without year date as usual for westbound deliveries, on 1853 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Denver City, Kansas Ty., cancelled by neat blue "Farmington, Me., June
27" origin cds and large manuscript "Via Leavenworth & Pikes Peak Express Co." routing endorsement at top; entire with top right corner with small repair and mended backflap tear, Very Fine and attractive, ex-Barkhausen, Baughman,
Dale-Lichtenstein & Stach.
Estimate; $5,000 - 7,500.
THE CARRIED ON THE LAST WEST BOUND TRIP OF THIS SHORT-LIVED EXPRESS OPERATING BETWEEN LEAVENWORTH CITY AND DENVER CITY, KANSAS TERRITORY IN 1859. ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE COLORADO
EXPRESS COVERS.
Jones and Russell's dream of profitable fast express to the gold fields did not develop as planned. The coach fare charged did not cover the costs and the additional freight and mail carried still left the company short of
money. In June of 1859 it became time for a major reorganization with fresh capital. They changed the name to Jones and Russell Pikes Peak Express Co. and carried on with the business.nn
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Est. $5,000-7,500
Selling for...$2,500.00
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 Paid Murphy 10¢. And "C. O. C. and P. P. Express, Paid" manuscript notations on 1860, 3¢ Star Die entire to "Spring Gulch, Mountain City, Colorado Territory", "Sumner, Kansas, Jul 29, 1861" origin
postmark on the back perhaps applied as a courtesy plus partial strike canceling indicia, evidently picked up as a stagecoach way letter by the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express company and carried to Denver City then delivered by
Murphy to the addressee; light stains, small corner and edge faults, F.-V.F., a copy of a 2016 Linn's Stamp News article announcing the discovery this cover accompanies.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
THE ONLY KNOWN MURPHY EXPRESS COVER.
When this cover was sent, Sumner in the new state of Kansas was a fairly large town 20 miles northwest of Leavenworth City. While Sumner along with Denver City and Mountain City in the newly created Colorado Territory all had Post Offices,
Spring Gulch was a mining location beyond Mountain City that did not. The recipient of this letter likely prepaid Murphy to call for his letters at Denver City and perhaps Mountain City. Murphy is believed to have been John T. Murphy who was a
merchant based in Nevada City, which was near Mountain City.nn
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Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$475.00
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 Southern Overland Mail & Express Co., Barlow & Sanderson Proprietors, Principle Office, Pueblo, Col. Ter. Corner card on cover with illustrated design showing Six Horse Stage on Mountain Road, Stage with "Overland
U.S. Mail, B.&S." imprint, to Auburn, N.Y. franked with 1¢ Banknote tied by blue cork handstamp, matching "Del Norte, Colo., Nov 13" postmarks; stamp corner nick and toned perfs, in the past we have described this as missing additional
stamps, however upon re-examination, we feel this was in error and that this is a 1¢ circular usage, F.-V.F. appearance, still a rare illustrated stagecoach design from this Colorado Stage and Express company,
ex-Perrson.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
Barlow and Sanderson operated Southern Overland Mail, a dominant express company started in Sedalia, Missouri in 1862, moving into Kansas and then into Colorado Territory in the late 1860s.
They established offices in Pueblo and Canon City serving the Front Range and San Luis Valley. It eventually gave way to the advancing railroads.nn
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$350.00
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 Wells Fargo & Co.'s Overland Express. From Denver, Col. Black on blue "Forwarded by" label affixed to 1860's oversized linen lined cover addressed to Nevada City, C.T., with black on vermilion "Forwarded by,
American Express Company, 8 Court St., Boston." origin express label, manuscript "Value 25.00" and "Paid thro" endorsements, docketing at left mentions mine documents for claims on the Columbia Lode, Nevada mining district; cover wear and light
soiling, F.-V.F., a rare Wells, Fargo & Co. usage in Colorado Territory, illustrated in Jarrett's Colorado book (page 203).
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
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Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$1,000.00
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 Wells Fargo & Co./Denver City Col. (Colorado Territory) May 17, 1867. Blue double oval handstamp (Leutzinger type 17-8) on 1864 3¢ pink entire with Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company printed
frank (posthumous Wells Fargo use) to Saint Joseph, Missouri, entered the mails with "Salina, Kan., May 22" cds and duplexed target, thus carried from Denver by stage on the Smoky Hill Route to the Union Pacific Eastern Division (later Kansas
Pacific) railroad terminus at Salina, edge tear at top, mended slit into the address at bottom, F.-V.F., a rare Wells Fargo usage, with photocopy of an 1867 Wells Fargo map showing the route.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
The Smoky
Hill Route was pioneered in 1864 by Butterfield's Overland Despatch, a freighting and forwarding venture that ran between Denver and Leavenworth, Kansas. Butterfield's Despatch was acquired by the Holladay Overland Mail and Express Company in March
of 1866. The United States Express Company also operated on the Smoky Hill Route.nnWells Fargo and Holladay along with the Overland Mail Company, which was controlled but not yet legally owned by Wells Fargo, were merged in a "Grand Consolidation"
that was effective November 1, 1866. The new corporation retained the Wells Fargo name. The new Wells Fargo was a transportation enterprise as much as an express and banking business. As such, the new Wells Fargo was responsible for the entire
Central Overland Route, which they began advertising as the "Great Overland Mail Route" with "Wells, Fargo & Co. Sole Proprietors." The United States Express Company, as allies of Wells Fargo, took charge of the Smoky Hill Route.nnAn odd thing about
Wells Fargo's "Great Overland Mail Route" was that it was disappearing incrementally as a consequence of the construction of the first transcontinental railroad. On the eastern end, the Union Pacific Western Division reached Julesburgh, Colorado
Territory, in June of 1867. Through service between Cheyenne City, Dakota Territory (soon to be Wyoming Territory), and Omaha, Nebraska, was initiated in November of 1867. In the interim, Indian attacks and railroad breakdowns east of Omaha led Wells
Fargo to occasionally send express on the United States Express Company's Smoky Hill Route as an alternative to the easternmost portion of their own Central Overland Route.nn
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Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$475.00
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 Denver Territorial Postal History Collection, 1863-76. Of 31 covers on pages in binder; includes 1863 "Denver City, C.T." double circle date stamp and following double circle "Col" cds in black, 1865 "Denver City, Col"
cds in blue, later cds with early strike in black and blue including double rate forwarding, the scarce rimless Rec'd date stamp with additional Advertised cds on reverse, study of the 1870's postmark types and fancy duplexes including star, negative
"L", "M" & "NV" letters, negative Masonic, also a selection of ad corner cards including Rocky Mountain News, etc., generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
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State Postal History - Florida to Ohio
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| 2108 |
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 (Florida) "St. Augustine, Fl.T. Nov 24". Red cds ties 1851 1¢ blue, type II with additional strike at left on 1851 printed circular of the "Utica & Schenectady Rail Road Company" to Albany N,Y, trivial hinge
reinforced filefolds, Very Fine.
Scott No. 7; Estimate $150 - 200.
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$70.00
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 (Nevada) Washoe City, Nev. Cds on orange cover to Stockton, Cal., franked with 1867 3¢ Grilled Issue (small defects) by rare Union Patriotic Star cancel (S-E ST-C 13), cover reduced at left & minor
wrinkles, F.-V.F., a very rare fancy cancellation from Nevada, ex-Haas, with 1975 & 2023 P.F. certificates.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
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 Abiquiu. N Mex, Feb 11, 1881. Purple type 3 two-line handstamps tying 1¢ strip of four and 3¢ strip of three Bank Notes to registered cover to noted Prof. O. C. Marsh at Yale in New Haven, Ct.; one 1¢
stamp folded over cover edge and damaged, cover light toning and small tear at bottom, F.-V.F. appearance, unique example of this territorial marking, ex-Wade Shipley.
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$210.00
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