Lot
73 
(Calaveras) Mok(ulumne) Hill, Cal., Jun 10, manuscript postmark (CAL-1590) on folded letter to Monterey with fancy manuscript "5" rate, with "San Francisco, Cal., Jun 14" transit cds and matching "5" rate handstamp, with letter datelined "Jesus Maria, June the 9th, 1852" (small mining camp in the southern mother lode), Very Fine, an interesting and unusual early postal routing, pictured in Coburn Letters of Gold (page 36). Estimate $250 - 350.
Realized: $250