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United States Postal History continued...

William Tatham Collection of California Postal History - Sacramento continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
742   imageSacramento City, Cal., Dec 13. Large serifed cds (type 1) with no rate marking on folded letter addressed locally and presumably handed to the recipient in exchange for two pennies or the equivalent, letter (2-1/2 pages) is from a man to his brother and headed "Placerville Dec 10th 1850", letter mostly describes the whereabouts of various mutual acquaintances, but the writer also mentions "I wrote you soon after your first letter came to hand… and directed to Rough and Ready, Blue Ravine. If you have not received it, you will find it at some express office… I am holding forth in this place under the sign of Curtis and Gillespie… my partner has gone south to open a farm… I mined until I came to his place in July with little success, however it was partly owing to myself that I done no better. I was after the big chunks and disregarded the little ones. We must all live and learn", Very Fine, the only recorded Sacramento drop letter in the 40¢ rate period.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Since Placerville had a Post Office when this letter was written, the sender must have had someone or possibly some express carry the letter to Sacramento for mailing. The unmarked 2¢ rate was the 1845 rate for a drop letter. That rate remained in effect even on the Pacific Coast with its other higher rates until all the old rates were superseded by new rates effective July 1, 1851. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
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743   imageSacramento City, Cal., Dec 23. Large serifed cds (type 1) and squatty "40" rate handstamp on cover to Mystic Bridge, Connecticut, also straightline "Paid" handstamp that has been obliterated, "Mail" sender's endorsement, undated but necessarily an 1850 use given the postmark type and rate, edge wear, a couple tape reinforcements inside, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)

Est. $100-150
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744   imageSacramento City, Cal., Dec 31. Large serifed cds (type 1) and small "12½" rate handstamp on folded letter to merchant Thomas Whaley in San Francisco, letter (1 page) with business content is dated "December 26, 1850", docket at left, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

After his store burned in 1851, Thomas Whaley left San Francisco for San Diego where he built a house that still stands and has that been called the most haunted house in America. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
745   imageSacramento City, Cal., Jan 7. Large serifed cds (type 2) and small "12½" rate and straightline "Paid" handstamps on folded letter to State Senator David F. Douglas in San Jose, necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, letter (1 page) with political content is from Attorney General Edward J. C. Kewen and undated, "no 6" pencil notation above the postmark, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
746   imageSacramento City, Cal., Jan 14. Large serifed cds (type 2) and small "80" rate handstamp on cover to Athens, New York, also interesting manuscript "over charge, 40 cts" notation that indicates the Athens postmaster may not have recognized the double rate, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, corner stain, F.-V.F., nine 80¢ double rate uses with the serifed postmark types are recorded.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
747   imageSacramento City, Cal., Jan 15. Large serifed cds (type 2) and squatty "40" rate handstamp on folded letter to Geneseo, New York, letter (3 pages) is headed "Long Bar Jan 11th 1851" and from a man to his mother back home, letter is about family matters, Very Fine, letter written 7 years before Long Bar had a Post Office.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
748 ()   Sacramento City, Cal., Jan 25. Large serifed cds (type 2) in red and small "80" rate handstamp in matching red on rebacked cover front to Washington, D.C., intriguing small manuscript "$1-" marking indicating the cover may have been brought in from the mines to Sacramento by express, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, edge stains and corner wear, Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

Est. $100-150
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749   imageSacramento City, Cal., Jan 28. Large serifed cds (type 2) in red and blue manuscript "40" rate marking on folded letter to Geneseo, New York, letter (3 pages) is headed "Long Bar Jan 23th" with no year date but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, letter is from a man to his wife at home with personal content including questions about a newborn daughter the father has never seen, Very Fine and attractive, letter written 7 years before Long Bar had a Post Office.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
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750   imageSacramento City, Cal., Feb 4. Large serifed cds (type 2) in red and large "40" rate handstamp in matching red on cover to Washington, Pennsylvania, "via New York" sender's directive, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, a bit soiled and edge wear, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)

Est. $100-150
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751   imageSacramento City, Cal., Mar 1. Large serifed cds (type 1) in red and large "40" rate and straightline "Paid" handstamps in matching red on cover to Mystic Bridge, Connecticut, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, minor edge wear, a trifle trimmed along the bottom, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
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752   imageSacramento City, Cal., Mar 1. Large serifed cds (type 1) in red and small "80" rate and straightline "Paid" handstamps in matching red on cover to Union, Ohio, also manuscript "paid" endorsement and "80" pencil notation, "Father, Feb 14 1851" pencil docket, cover refolded, small edge repair, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction
753   imageSacramento City, Cal., Mar 31. Large serifed cds (type 1) in red and large "40" rate handstamp in matching red on folded letter to New York City, "Recd. May 6 /51" pencil docket, letter is headed "Sac City March 31st 1851" and is from a man to his parents back home, letter (1 page) reports "I have but a moment before the mail closes… I have concluded a bargain for a ranch situated about 12 miles below this city on the banks of the Sacramento [River]. I shall probably own and work it in connection with two other parties… three men were shot last night about 9 o'clock attempting to commit a burglary, one killed instantly and two wounded", minor edge wear, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
754   imageSacramento City, Cal., Apr 28. Large serifed cds (type 2) in red and large "80" rate handstamp in matching red on cover to Stamford, Connecticut "U.S.", undated but mostly erased "April… 1" pencil notation and necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, cover slightly refolded, a bit soiled, Fine, the only recorded example of the large size "80" in either red or black, ex-Berner.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
755   imageSacramento City, Cal., 29 May. Large serifed cds (type 1) in red and large "1½" rate and straightline "Paid" handstamps in matching red on folded letter to Governor John McDougal in San Jose, letter (1 page) is a request for a notary public appointment and dated May 30, 1851, which is after the postmark date so one or the other must be off by a day, Extremely Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

The Sacramento City Post Office began postmarking and rating letters in red ink rather than black ink in January of 1851. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
William Tatham Collection of California Postal History - Stockton
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
756   imageStockton Aug. 12th 1849. Heading on folded letter mailed three weeks later with San Francisco, Cal., Sep 1 large cds and purple manuscript "40" rate marking, letter (2 pages) is from a prospector to his brother back home, letter states in part "I arrived [back] at this place yesterday after a journey of unprecedented toil… some two hundred and fifty miles below with a Detachment of Dragoons who struck for the mountains at a point where the Indians a short time since committed murder on Americans who attempted to penetrate their country for gold at which point it was represented to be very rich and I thought it a good opportunity to get where nobody else could but… owing to it taking more time than was anticipated the animals broke down, we got out of grub, and were forced to return… This place has sprung almost in a day, fourteen ships are lying in the harbor and trade and everything is very brisk… Gold continues to be obtained in about average quantities, but it is now as ever much of a lottery, some make none while others get a fortune in a short time", Extremely Fine, an early miner's letter written nearly a year before Stockton had a Post Office, ex-Kutz.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
757   imageStockton Cal, Feby 21. Manuscript postmark and manuscript "40" rate marking on folded letter to New London, Connecticut, letter (1-½ pages) is headed "Stockton F 5 1850" and from a man to a friend back home with personal content, Extremely Fine, a wonderful example of a Stockton manuscript postmark.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
758   imageStockton, Cal., Mar 28. Large cds without integral rate and manuscript "40" rate marking on cover to Chaplin, Connecticut "U.S.", undated but necessarily an 1850 use given the postmark type, Very Fine, the only recorded example of this postmark type without integral rate.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
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759   imageStockton, Cal., Apr 28 / 80. Large cds with integral rate on folded letter sheet (no contents) to New Lisbon, New York, "via Panama" sender's directive, undated but necessarily an 1850 use given the postmark type, bleach spots, short edge tear, F.-V.F., the only recorded example of this postmark type showing the 80¢ double rate.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
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760   imageStockton, Cal., June 28 / 40. Large cds with integral rate on cover to Falmouth, Massachusetts, undated but necessarily an 1850 use given the postmark type, F.-V.F., ex-Myerson.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
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761   imageStockton, Cal., Sep 27 / 40. Large cds with integral rate in blue and straightline "Paid" rate handstamp in matching blue on cover to Rochester, Massachusetts, manuscript "Paid" and "R + Co Ex" notations indicating the cover may have been brought in from the mines to Stockton by Reynolds & Co.'s Express, undated but necessarily an 1850 use given the postmark type, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

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Est. $200-300
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