Lot 349
(Town & County) Hopkins, Nevada Co., California, Jul 23, 1886 (Nevada), choice strike of purple cds (NEV-880, R5) on 1884, 2¢ brown entire to San Francisco, canceled by matching wheel-of-fortune handstamp, Soda Springs Hotel corner card (Placer Co.), an Extremely Fine strike, the only recorded example of a postmark from Hopkins, a short-lived post office operating from Oct. 20, 1885 to Dec. 2, 1886.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $475