Lot
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El Dorado County Balance, of approximately 300 covers and cards; nice array of towns and townmarks, with better including Greenwood manuscript (ELD-1690) and arched first type handstamp postmark forwarding on incoming 1854 cover from east coast (ELD-1700, R5), 1858 Garden Valley manuscript on 3¢ entire with Paid 10¢ rate (ELD-1280), 1880 Granite Hill manuscript on 1¢ postal card (ELD-1610, earliest recorded), rare 1870's Mendon manuscript (ELD-2460, three known), 1885 Lotus manuscript (ELD-2320), manuscript Placerville "Paid 40" (ELD-2910), Newtown first type handstamp postmark (ELD-2620), and much more, generally F.-V.F. or better. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
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Realized: $2,000