Lot
298 
(Tulare) Camp Badger, Cal., Aug 12, 1882, clear sharp cds (TUL-320) on cover to Lemoore, franked with 3¢ Banknote (s.e.'s) tied by target handstamp; cover a bit reduced, Very Fine and choice, the earliest recorded example of Camp Badger's first postmark (photo on web site). Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $50
Lot
299
(Tulare) Churchhill, Cal., Dec 31, 1887, bold cds (TUL-370) with matching quartered cork handstamp canceling on 1884, 2¢ brown entire to Visalia, reverse with perfect strike of violet "Visalia, Calif., Received, Dec 31, 1887" cds (Williams unrecorded), Extremely Fine, the earliest recorded Churchill postmark and entire bearing two rare postmarks (photo on web site). Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
300
(Tulare) Cramer, Cal. 6/23, manuscript postmark (Williams unrecorded) tying 1882-83, 2¢ red brown + 5¢ brown, two singles on registered corner card cover to Boston, Mass., reverse with 1886 receiving postmark, Very Fine, the unique manuscript postmark from Cramer shortly before it's first handstamp postmark known used in November of 1886. Scott No. 205+213 Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
301
(Tulare) Cramer, Cal., Nov 30, 1886, bold cds (TUL-390) on registered cover to Boston, Mass., franked with 2¢ + 10¢ Banknotes tied by additional cds strikes, receiving backstamp; small stamp flaw, still Very Fine, very rare with recorded usages from November 6th to the 30th of 1886 (photo on web site). Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot
302
(Tulare) (Cross) X Creek, 9-16-76, manuscript postmark (TUL-410) on manuscript canceled 1870, 3¢ green entire to Eureka, Ill., Extremely Fine, very rare with known usage from April to September of 1876. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $140
Lot
303
(Tulare) Hunsaker, Cal., Jun 23, 1877, manuscript postmark (Williams "no postmarks recorded") tying manuscript canceled 3¢ Banknote on cover to Mr. M.J. Hunsaker in Le Sueur, Minn.; cover reduced at left and faint soiling, still Very Fine, one of two known manuscript postmarks. Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot
304
(Tulare) Kaweah, Cal., Feb 21 1891, manuscript provisional town with "Advance" name crossed out in cds (Williams "no postmarks recorded" for Advance) two months after close of Advance P.O. (Williams unrecorded), on 1887, 2¢ green entire to San Francisco; reduced at right and slight soiling, F.-V.F., a unique provisional usage of a moved post office, one of the rarest Tulare covers. Estimate $300 - 400.
Advance was the maxim of the Kaweah Cooperative Commonwealth Colony, founders of the community.
Realized: $220
Lot
305
(Tulare) Plano, Cal., April 11/79, neat manuscript postmark (TUL-2070) on manuscript canceled 1876, 3¢ green entire to Oakland; a bit reduced at right, Very Fine, the only recorded manuscript postmark from Plano (photo on web site). Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $50
Lot
306
(Tulare) White River, Feb 20, manuscript postmark (TUL-3580) on ca. 1878 cover to Damascus, Ore., franked with manuscript canceled 3¢ Banknote; cover reduced at left, Very Fine, one of two known examples (photo on web site). Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $100