Sale 21: The Autumn Sale

Lot 63    

Park, Cal./Apr. 4, 1893 (El Dorado). Postmark (Williams ELD-2790) on registered cover to New York franked with 1893 1¢ + two 2¢ + 5¢ Columbians with target cancels, one 2¢ with minor defects, Fine and scarce.
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $90

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Lot 64    

Pilot Hill, Cal. (El Dorado). Manuscript postmark (Williams ELD-2810) on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Sacramento City, minor edge tear & water stain, still Very Fine, the earliest recorded postmark.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $95

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Lot 65    

Pilot Hill, Cal. (El Dorado). Collins double circle postmark (Williams ELD-2820) on 1853-55 10¢ Nesbitt entire to North Carolina, small repair at bottom, still Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $180

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Lot 66    

Pilot Hill, Cal. (El Dorado). Manuscript postmark (unlisted in Williams) on 1871 cover to Auburn, Cal. franked with 3¢ green Bank Note with manuscript cancel, Very Fine, a rare & unrecorded usage of the manuscript postmark during the 1870's.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $55

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Lot 67    

Placerville, Cal. (El Dorado). Manuscript postmark (Williams ELD-2910) on 1850 folded letter to St. Louis with matching manuscript "Paid 40" rate, some wear & staining, Fine and rare.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $400

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Lot 68    

Placerville, Cal. (El Dorado). Fancy double circle postmark (Williams ELD-2920) with manuscript date at center with matching "10" rate handstamp on 1851 folded letter to Vermont, miner's letter datelined "Hangtown, Cal, Dec. 7th, 1851" which reads, "Sunday is truly a great day here. I have spent 3 Sundays in this place, on the first there was a Bull & Bear fight, the second a Circus & today there is to be a fight between a Jackass & a Grizzly Bear, also two Cock fights and a Learned Pig exhibition, and so it goes…, I tried a new or different speculation, and went and bought a share in the Ohio Mining & Tunnel Company, and paid $5.00 in money and 2.5 in work at 5 dollars per day…, If they strike the Gold rich, the shares will be first rate property.", F.-V.F., a wonderful item.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $500

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Lot 69    

Placerville, Cal. (El Dorado). Fancy double circle postmark (Williams ELD-2920) with manuscript date at center with matching "10" rate handstamp on buff cover to Maine, some minor corner wear, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $250

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Lot 70    

Placerville, Cal./Paid GJC (El Dorado). Unusual handstamp (similar to Williams ELD-3000) on cover with Wells, Fargo & Co./New York ribbon frank at left, with manuscript El Dorado with calculation for ordering Wells, Fargo & Co. entires? cover with vert fold & some tears, Fine and scarce, a most unusual item.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $100

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Lot 71    

Placerville, Cal. (El Dorado). Postmark (Williams ELD-2980) just tying manuscript cancelled 1857 10¢ green type III (scissor cut perfs at bottom) on cover to Washington, D.C. with manuscript endorsement "Via Salt Lake" at bottom left, F.-V.F., a scarce cover carried on the Chorpenning Route.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $550

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Lot 72    

Placerville, Cal. (El Dorado). Postmark (Williams ELD-2990) tying 1857 10¢ green type I (minor corner crease at top right) on cover to Vermont with manuscript endorsement "By the Southern Overland Mail", small part of flap missing & sealed cover tear at top, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $575

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