Sale 94: The Fall Sale

Lot 408    

(Town & Postmaster) Butte City, Cal., W.F. Miller, P.M., Mar 8, 1887 (Colusa), blue straight line postmark (COL-250) with matching segmented grid handstamp canceling on 1883, 2¢ red brown entire to Lowell, Mass., receiving backstamp, Very Fine, this is the only recorded example of this town & postmaster straight line postmark.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $220

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Lot 409    

(Town & Postmaster) Clements, Cal., W.R. Christy, P.M., Jan 7, 1887 (San Joaquin), choice strike of cds (SAJ-590) on cover to to freight agent in San Andreas, franked with 1883, 2¢ red brown tied by matching grid handstamp, receiving backstamp, Extremely Fine, a choice strike of this very short-lived postmark.
Scott No. 210    Estimate $200 - 300.

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Lot 410    

(Town & Postmaster) Davenport, Cal., F.D. Cook, P.M., Feb 26, 1884 (Santa Cruz), clear full oval date stamp (SCR-710, R5) on cover to Locarno, Switzerland, franked with 3¢ Banknote pair tied by matching fancy star handstamps, transit and receiving backstamps; small cover tear at bottom, a Very Fine and choice strike, the only recorded example of this Davenport T&P postmark.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $300

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Lot 411    

(Town & Postmaster) Davenport, Cal., W.R. Pinkham P.M., Feb 19, 1889 (Santa Cruz), violet cds (SCR-720, R5) on cover to Campo Vallemaggia, Switzerland, franked with 5¢ Banknote canceled by matching target handstamp, reverse with Santa Cruz and other Swiss transit postmarks; some light perf toning, Very Fine, the earliest example of this rare Davenport T&C postmark (photo on web site).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $80

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Lot 412    

(Town & Postmaster) Del Mar, Cal., T.M. Loop, P.M., Feb 7, 1886 (San Diego), bold clear strike of cds (SAN-1020) on fresh cover to San Diego, franked with 1883, 2¢ red brown canceled by fancy intertwined "US Mail" in circle handstamp, Extremely Fine, the earliest postmark from Del Mar and the only recorded example of this T&P postmark.
Scott No. 210    Estimate $200 - 300.

Although located by the sea, as the name suggests, the name stems from the Bayard Taylor's poem "The Fight of Paso de Mar", a folk tale.

Realized: $240

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Lot 413    

(Town & Postmaster) Georgetown, Cal., B.F. Shepherd, P.M., Apr 2, 1890 (El Dorado), full clear strike of cds (ELD-1490) tying 2¢ Banknote on cover to Placerville, quartered cork handstamp additionally canceling, Very Fine, the earliest recorded strike of this very scarce T&P postmark (photo on web site).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $90

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Lot 414    

(Town & Postmaster) Guerneville, Cal., G. Dietz P.M., May 14, 1888 (Sonoma), cds and negative star in circle duplex (SON-2500) tying 3¢ Banknote on cover to Oakland, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, Guerneville had seven different town & postmaster townmarks, this is the only recorded example in Williams (photo on web site).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $210

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Lot 415    

(Town & Postmaster) Santa Clara, Cal., J.M. Billings, P.M., Nov 7, 1885 (Santa Clara), bold purple three-line receiving postmark (SCL-3370) on reverse of 1884, 2¢ brown entire with Boulder Creek cds and target handstamp canceling; slight reduction, an Extremely Fine strike, the only recorded example of this straight line postmark (photo on web site).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $80

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Lot 416    

(Town & Postmaster) Vallejo, Cal., M.J. Wright, P.M., Mar 24, 1880 (Solano), clear receiving cds (SOL-1860) on incoming cover to San Francisco forwarded to Vallejo, bold indistinct origin cds with matching star in circle handstamp tying 3¢ Banknote, S.F. cds with matching "Forwarded" handstamp, reverse with transit cds's and "Unclaimed" in circle handstamp, Very Fine, the only recorded example of this Vallejo T&P postmark.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $120

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