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Lot
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El Dorado balance collection. A fantastic collection of approximately 900 covers & cards, mainly from the 19th century or early 20th century, virtually every town & every postmark used from that town is present, a wide variety of usages and frankings are present & many better items are included, a few better towns include "Aukum", "Clarksville" oval, "Cold Springs" manuscript (2), "Culloma Alta Cal./40" integral rate cds, plus many other good "Culloma" postmarks & rate handstamps, "Cool" including two manuscripts, "Diamond Springs", "El Dorado", "Fair Play", "Fyffe", "Garden Valley" including manuscript, "Georgetown" including one patriotic & one with fancy hollow star cancel, "Granite Hill" manuscript, "Greenwood" including manuscript, "Grizzly Flat", "Indian Diggings", "Lotus" including manuscript, the rare "Louisville" manuscript, "Mendon", "Newton", "Omo Ranch", "Pilot Hill" including manuscript, numerous "Placerville", "Salmon Falls" including 1874 manuscript, "Shingle Springs" including manuscript & railroad Agent postmark, "Slippery Ford" including manuscript, "Spanish Flat", "Tallac" including manuscript, etc., plus much more, some with original enclosures, mixed condition, this is without doubt the finest collection of El Dorado County ever assembled. Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.
Realized: $8,500