Lot 546
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.
Realized: $475
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547 
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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.
Realized: $750