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State and Territory Postal History Lots
 
 
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Lot 171
 
California Postal History, Selection of 11 used 19th century postal stationery entires, comprises 10¢ U15, red Forbes Town c.d.s. to Maine; 10¢ U16, Diamond Springs c.d.s. to Boston; 3¢ U35, ms Lower Lakes to San Francisco; 10¢ U41, Sacramento to Holly, Mich.; and seven nice 2¢ U311/313 including a legal size U312 special delivery from Los Gatos to San Francisco with an E4 and a 2¢ #250 (double rate) affixed over a printed Wells Fargo frank. A clean F-VF lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 172
 
California Postal History, Selection of 18 California covers, all franked with the 1890 Issue, 13 are registered usages to the Tax Collector in San Diego from the towns of Banner, Balena, Calico, Cuyamaca, Descanso, Julia, Los Angeles, Nueva, Perris, San Francisco, San Marcos, Wildomar, and Wynola. A clean F-VF lot.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 173
 
California Postal History, Selection of about 20 California covers, runs from 1850s stampless to 1920s, includes an 1853 stampless Cottonwood ms with letter, an 1860 10¢ #35, Placerville to Dehli, Iowa, an 1892 Forbestown "Kicking Mule" duplex on registered package receipt, and a 15¢ #274 single franking on a legal size registered cover from Los Angeles to Des Moines (1¢ convenience overfranking of triple rate); etc. Nothing rare but a nice range of towns and frankings, condition is a little mixed but generally F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 174
 
California Postal History, Selection of about 20 California covers, runs from 1850s stampless to 1920s, includes an 1859 cover with pencancelled 1¢ #24 and 3x 3¢ #26, ms. Cottonwood postmark, to Washington, D.C. (address re-penned); a 10¢ #68, pencancelled with an ms Moon's Ranch postmark, to Springfield, Ill.; a $1 #518 block of nine with an additional 40¢ on registered parcel tag; etc. Nothing rare but a nice range of towns and frankings, condition is a little mixed but generally F-VF.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 175

California Postal History, About 35 covers, 1850s-1922, all from San Francisco, stampless through postal stationery and advertising with a wide variety of frankings and usages, nothing rare but all chosen with an eye for appearance. An excellent lot.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 176
 
Indian Territory Postal History, Selection of 33 covers or postcards, 1891-1907: Addington, Alex, Ardmore and Bartlesville (Ea. 2 Types), Berwyn, Blanchard, Braggs, Bennett, Cedar, Center, Chelsea, Chickasha (2 Types), Chigley, Claremore, Comanche, Connerville, Coody's Bluff, Davis, Dawson, Doyle, Duncan, Fort Gibson, Hillside, Lenapah, Maynard, McLain, Oaks, Ochelata, Peggs, and Prior Creek. A clean F-VF lot.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 177
 
Indian Territory Postal History, Selection of 17 covers from the 1860s to the 1880s: Careys Falls, C.N., I.T., ms., 1876), Childress Station (1886), Choteau (2: ms., 1873 and duplex c.d.s., 1887 with encl.), Claremore (187? re-inked ms.), Fort Gibson, Ark. (with 3¢ 1869), Fort Gibson, C.N., Paul's Valley, Ind. T. (1886), Prairie City, I. T. (ms., 1883), Tahlequah, Ark. (with 3¢ #65), Tahlequah, Ind. Ty., Tahlequah, Ind. Ter. (1887), Tishomingo, Ind. T. (1884), Vinita, Ind. T. (1889, encl a partly-printed form requiring that $2.50 be paid to the Cherokee Indian Citizenship Assoc.), Webbers Falls, C.N. (ms., 1882), Yarnaby, Ind. Ter. (1888), and an unposted envelope addressed to Gen. Stand Watey [Watie] at Webers Falls, C.N. Condition is a little mixed but generally F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 178
 
Oklahoma Territory Postal History, Selection of 25 covers or postcards, 1894-1907: Aline, Altona, Alva, Alvaretta, Anadarko (2), Beaver (2), Bridgeport, Butte, Byron, Cache, Cantonment, Carter, Cashion, Cimarron, Chilocco, Cleo, Clifford, Cloud Chief, Cooley, Coyle, Crescent, Dale, and Darlington. A clean F-VF lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 179
 
Oklahoma Territory Postal History, Selection of 25 covers or postcards, 1894-1907: Dewey, Doxey, Dover, Ellaville, Enid, El Reno, Etowah, Farry, Fitzgerald, Gage, Gallienas, Grand, Gray Horse, Guthrie, Hackberry, Hennessey, Henry, Hominy, Hooker, Keystone, Kintz, Leal, Max, Moscow, and Watonga (with a Catawba receiver). A clean F-VF lot.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 180
 
Pennsylvania Postal History Stock, four long dealer's boxes with approximately 3,500 covers or cards. About 25% is mixed towns, 25% is Philadelphia and the remaining 50% is neatly sorted by county. Some of the usual mixed condition but the vast majority is F-VF. Allow some time for inspection as many better value items are included in this stock from this popular state.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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