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California Postal History - Marin to Modoc County continued...
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 (Mariposa) Quartzburg, Cal., Aug 13. Sharp full strike of cds (MAR-1980) on cover to Clinton, N.Y., manuscript "Paid 10" rating; slight central stain, an Extremely Fine and choice strike.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)
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Est. $100-150
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Mariposa) Washington Flat California, Merced River, February the 23, 1857. Dateline on folded letter addressed to Vermont and carried completely outside the mails, lengthy 3-page letter tells of getting
$1,200 for a claim and wanting to sell the current claim for a $1,000, coming home for a visit next spring, and the prices he pays for supplies brought to his door, Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
Washington Flat, on the north
side of the Merced River above Bagby, was a very small mining camp from 1850. In 1859, John Fremont built a dam at Ridley's Ferry that flooded out all the remaining miners. (Image1)
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Est. $100-150
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Mariposa) Wyatt's Store, Cal., Oct 30th 1860. Neat manuscript postmark (MAR-2180) and matching "Paid 10cts", with "Via Panama" routing endorsement at lower left, to Vermont, interesting three page mining
letter enclosed datelined from "Merced River"; repaired opening tear at right at right, handsome Very Fine appearance, a very rare Mariposa postmark.
Estimate; $250 - 350. (Image1)
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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Mendocino) Anderson, Cal., Jul 21. Cds (Williams no postmarks recorded) on 1875 cover to Hope, O., franked with 3¢ Banknote (tiny tear) tied by target handstamp, with lengthy original enclosure;
slight rough opening at left, Very Fine, the only recorded postmark from Anderson.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Mendocino) Noyo 7-13-81. Manuscript postmark (MEN-2740, R4) on cover to Etna Springs directed to the Lidell P.O., franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by manuscript; small cover edge nick at top, Very
Fine, one of only two known manuscript postmarks from Noyo.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Mendocino) Punta Arenas, Cal., May 20, 1861. Blue 1867 oval date stamp (MEN-3250, R5) on 1864, 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco, Extremely Fine, a choice strike of this first Puntas Arenas
postmark, the latest recorded in Williams.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Mendocino) Ukiah City, Jun 10. Manuscript postmark with "City" designation (MEN-3670, R4) on ca. 1865 cover to Stockton, franked with manuscript canceled 1861, 3¢ rose; cover slightly reduced at
left, Very Fine, the only cover we know of with the "City" designation.
Scott No. 65; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Modoc) Cornell, Cal. Two different postmarks; includes 1888 manuscript postmark (MOD-500) on cover franked with manuscript canceled 2¢ Banknote, and 1894 cds (Williams unlisted) on 2¢
Columbian entire to New York with Lookout, Cal. transit backstamp; some flaws, F.-V.F., these are the only two known postmarks from Cornell from both periods.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
Cornell, now a ghost town, is the
presumed location of Fremont's Camp in 1846 (called Harter Ranch). (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Modoc) High Grade, Cal., Oct 11, 1914. Manuscript postmark (MOD-940) on 2¢ red entire to Cyrus, Minn.; a bit reduced at right, Very Fine, with only three recorded covers all manuscript, this
the only one in second period.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
This is the most North-Eastern Post Office in California. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction |
California Postal History - Monterey County feat. the Michael Brown Collection
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 (Monterey) Chualar, Cal., Dec 7, 1877. Clear cds (MOT-570) on cover to Canby, Oregon, franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by target handstamp; some cover stains and reduced at left, F.-V.F., the
earliest of only two known postmarks from the first period of the Chualar post office.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Chualar, Cal., Jan 20, 1878. Clear cds (MOT-570) on cover to Gordola, Switzerland, franked with 5¢ Banknote pair (light perf tone) tied by target handstamps, Very Fine, the
only recorded example of Chualar's first postmark.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
CLOSED
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 (Monterey) Gabilan, Cal., Dec 12th, 1881. Manuscript postmark (MOT-800) on 1874, 3¢ green entire with Salinas City Bank corner card, to Portland, Or.; cover reduced at left, F.-V.F., the
only recorded postmark from Gabilan.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Griswold, Cal., 1-23-85. Manuscript postmark (MOT-990, R5) on manuscript canceled 1¢ Liberty postal card to Kansas City, Mo., Very Fine, the only recorded postmark from the
short-lived Griswold post office.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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182+U163 |
 (Monterey) Imusdale, 2-14-83. Manuscript postmark (MOT-1060) on 3¢ green entire with pair of pen canceled 1¢ Banknotes to Mazatlan, Mexico, with original enclosure, Very Fine,
ex-Jessup, with 2009 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott No. 182+U163; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
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Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Lonoak, Cal., 1-30-86. Neat manuscript postmark (MOT-1410, R5), with pen cancels on 2¢ Banknote, to Hollister with red receiver on reverse; cover slightly reduced ar left, F.-V.F. and
rare, the only recorded manuscript and earliest known cover, with 2009 A.P.S. certificate.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $270.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Monterey, California, August 18th, 1847. Dateline on commercial folded letter to Plymounth, Mass., carried privately by ship and entered the mails the following year with red "New - York, 5 cts,
Feb 14" cds, Very Fine, an early usage prior to the formation of the Monterey post office in early 1849.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
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Content. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Monterey, California, Apl 17. 1849. Manuscript postmark (MOT-1610) and matching "40" cent rating on orange buff cover to New York N.Y., accompanied by blue enclosed letter datelined "Monterey,
California April 13 1849" from a member of the U.S. Military to his sister describing the influence of the discovery of gold to the military way of life, being transferred to San Francisco, mail ships Oregon and California etc. including
"…I leave tomorrow on the Brig Malik Adel, and the brig stops 4 or 5 days at Santa Cruz. General Riley has arrived & Colonel Mason has resigned to him the Command, both civil and military…Mrs. General Smith and Mrs. Major Ogden and
another lady all of whom came up with me return home with the California because I suppose no servants can be obtained here…Col. Mason also returns with the California…", Very Fine.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.
THE
EARLIEST RECORDED MONTEREY POSTMARKED COVER, SENT DURING THE PRE-STATEHOOD PERIOD.
This is a rare version of the Monterey manuscript postmark with California spelled out, we have not seen another. (Image1)
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Est. $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Monterey (Cal.), Jan 1. Manuscript postmark and "Paid 40" manuscript rate marking on cover to Manchester, New Hampshire "U.S.", Very Fine, an attractive New Year's Day prepaid 40¢
rate use from the first official Post Office in California.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
The Postal Act of March 3, 1847, authorized the establishment of a Post Office at Astoria on the Pacific Coast (in later Oregon) and set the rate of
postage for letters between the United States and the Pacific Coast at 40c. That act also authorized the printing and use of the first postage stamps in the United States. The next year, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in the Mexican state of
Alta California and, nine days later, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed. That treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded California to the United States. The Postal Act of August 14, 1848, authorized the establishment of Post Offices at
San Diego, Monterey, San Francisco, and "other places on the Pacific Coast" as needed and set the rate of postage for letters sent between places on the Pacific Coast at 12½c.
Monterey was the provisional capital of California under
military rule before and after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. A Post Office was applied for and granted and Captain William G. Marcy, Commissary and Quartermaster, was appointed postmaster. The appointment was approved by the Post Office Department
on November 21, 1848. The only problem was that the three steamships that might carry the mails on the Pacific Coast via Panama were still en route from New York. In fact, none of the steamers had as yet even rounded Cape Horn.
The first
Pacific Mail Steamship Company ship to arrive on the Pacific Coast was the S.S. California. On board was William Van Voorhies who, as the Postmaster General's first Special Postal Agent in California, was charged with the task of setting up postal
service on the Pacific Coast. The S.S. California reached Panama in January of 1849, where it picked up an unexpected cargo of Argonauts. The ship reached Monterey the following month. At Monterey, Van Voorhies delivered the first official mails to
Captain Marcy along with Marcy's bond as postmaster, which he executed on February 23, 1849. The S.S. California arrived in San Francisco five days later, at which time the crew promptly deserted her for the goldfields. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Nasimento, Jan 31, 88. Manuscript postmark (MOT-1980) on cover to Washington D.C., franked with manuscript canceled 2¢ green, reverse with Pleyto & Bradley transit cds's, Very Fine,
the Unique Manuscript Postmark from Nasimento.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Monterey) Nasimento, Cal., May 11, 1888. Bold cds (MOT-1990) and target handstamp tying 2¢ Banknote on cover to Washington, D.C., reverse with Pleyto & Bradley transit cds's, Very Fine, a rare
postmark used for less than a year, only a couple known.
Estimate; $250 - 350. (Image1)
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Est. $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
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