Sale 28: The Winter Sale

Lot 207    

Chino, San Bernardino Co., purple serrated oval on 1884 lemon cover franked with 2¢ Bank Note tied by matching grid cancel to Pomona, Cal., Very Fine.
Scott No. 210    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $220

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Lot 208    

Clear Lake, Cal. (Modoc), 2 covers (Williams MOD-480 & 490), Dec 13, 1887 manuscript postmark on cover to Phoenix, Ore. ties 2¢ green Bank Note with arrival backstamp, minor edge wear, 2nd cover a 2¢ green Postal entire with Clear Lake, Cal. cds & target cancel to San Francisco, Very Fine, a scarce town, open 1875-1893.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $140

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Lot 209    

Columbia, Cal. (Tuolumne), two strikes of bold cds tying 1851 1¢ blue, type IV + 3¢ dull red (vert. pair) on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Washington, D.C. paying the 10¢ transcontinental rate, adhesives slightly cut in, entire with unnoticeable horiz. fold, Very Fine and attractive.
Scott No. 9+11    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $240

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Lot 210    

Columbia, Cal. (Tuolumne), cds tying 1857 10¢ green, type V (couple blunt perfs) on small cover to Maine, Very Fine.
Scott No. 35    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $85

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Lot 211    

Cottonwood, Cal., Sep 2, 57 (Shasta), early manuscript postmark (Williams SHA-1220) on 1855, 10¢ green entire to Gen. J. W. Denver (Denver county named after him when he was governor of Kansas Territory) in Washington, D.C., docketing indicates letter from P.B. Reading who came out west in 1843 with the Walker Party, with original enclosure, Extremely Fine, a wonderful piece of California history.
Scott No. U15    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $450

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Lot 212    

Diamond Springs, Cal., September 22, 1852 (El Dorado), dateline on folded letter with "Placerville, Cal., September 24, 1852" cds (Williams ELD-2930) & "Paid 6" in circle, to Lawrenceburg, IN, with sad letter; "Our trip across the plains would have been pleasant and full of interest to me had I not met with the loss of my much loved brother", he died of cholera as so many thousands of others had, full details of the death and disease, Very Fine, ex Kutz.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $210

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Lot 213    

Dobbin's Rancho, Sept 15th (Yuba), manuscript postmark (Williams YUB-500) with matching "Paid 3cts" rate on 1851 folded letter to San Francisco, letter states; "I am now engaged in a sluicing operation on Indiana Creek near Indiana Rancho two miles from Dobbins Rancho it is the Lower Co. only five miles from Frenchmans Bar. I am doing well with my sluice, we take out 20 to 200 (ounces) per day, five of us.", Very Fine, the earliest recorded postmark from this Post Office, ex B. Pearce.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,600

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Lot 214    

Don Pedro's Bar, Cal., Sep 16th (Tuolumne), manuscript postmark (Williams TUO-640) on fresh cover to Falmouth, Mass., franked with manuscript canceled 1855, 10¢ green, type III, Very Fine and choice.
Scott No. 15    Estimate $250 - 350.

Realized: $180

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Lot 215    

Emery's Xing (Crossing), Sept 16th, 57 (Yuba), manuscript postmark (Williams YUB-570) and cancel on 1855, 10¢ green entire to Fairplay, Wis., with original enclosure; some light cover toning, still Very Fine, with only 5 recorded manuscript postmarks known from this Yuba county town.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $725

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Lot 216    

Empire Ranch, Cal., Jun 2 (Yuba), two strikes of town postmark (Williams YUB-590) on cover to York, Pa., one tying 4-margin 1855, 10¢ green, type III, Very Fine.
Scott No. 15    Estimate $250 - 350.

Realized: $250

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