Sale 31: The Autumn Sale

Lot 60    

Marysville, Cal. (Yuba). Small lot of 13 covers with various Marysville postmarks and rate markings, included are three stampless covers with integral "6 Paid" postmarks (two in red & one in blue), two covers with "Paid 6" in blue oval (one cancelling a pair of 1851 3¢ orange brown), two stampless cover with 10 rates in blue (one in integral rate cds), four covers all with blue "Marysville Paid by Stamps" cds & with different type cancellers, etc., mixed condition, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $300

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Lot 61    

Marysville, Cal. (Yuba). Cds on attractive patriotic cover to San Francisco with red, white and blue design of Eagle & Shield, franked with 1861 3¢ rose tied by checker board cancel, Very Fine and choice, a scarce internal California usage of a patriotic.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $450

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Lot 62    

Marysville, Cal., Paid By Stamps, Jan 19 (Yuba). Blue cds (Williams YUB-870) with matching elongated grid cancelling on 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Bangor, Me.; cover stain at bottom, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. U18    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $80

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Lot 63    

Mills Seminary, Cal., Oct 30, 1882 (Alameda). Full bold cds in red (ALA-2720) on illustrated Mill's Seminary corner card cover, franked with 3¢ Banknote (light margin toning) cancel by target, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $130

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Lot 64    

Monterey, Cal., Dec 14 (Monterey). Cds (Williams MOT-1640) on cover to Santa Clara, franked with 1861, 1¢ blue + 2¢ black canceled by targets, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 63+73    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $260

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Lot 65    

Murphy's, Cal. (Calaveras). 5 covers, including stampless with blue double circle cds (CAL-1890) and straight line "PAID" with manuscript 6, to Maine; #33 (stamp faulty) to NYC with cds (CAL-1900); 10¢ Nesbitt with bold cds (CAL-1900); 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco with blue cds; and 3¢ Nesbitt with red Wells Fargo Express oval and oval "PAID"; interesting all different group in F-VF condition.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $325

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Lot 66    

Napa City, Cal. (Napa). Manuscript postmark on cover franked with manuscript cancelled pair of 1851 3¢ dull red (small tears at bottom), Very Fine.
Scott No. 11    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $120

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Lot 67    

Nappa City, Cal. (Napa). Two strikes of light April 5 cds tying 1851 1¢ type II + 3¢ dull red, irregular block of 3 on cover to Washington, D.C., cover docketed "1855", bottom 3¢ creased, Very Fine, certainly one of the earliest known 10¢ Transcontinental rate covers which became effective April 1, 1855.
Scott No. 7+11    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $85

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Lot 68    

Nevada City, Cal. (Nevada). Blue cds & segmented cork duplex cancel tying 1¢ blue Bank Notes (pair & single) on cover to North Bloomfield, Cal. with printed corner card of "Nevada County N.G. Railroad/Freight & Ticket Office/Nevada City", flap torn, Very Fine, a scarce corner card Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $65

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Lot 69    

Nevada City, Cal. (Nevada). Two strikes of town postmark, one tying 1861, 3¢ rose (nick at top right) on cover, red and blue Eagle and Shield patriotic design with "Geo. W. Welch, Publisher, Nevada" imprint, Fine.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $100

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