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Lot 58 |
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Iowa Hill, straightline cancel struck twice, one tying, 1851 1¢ blue type IV (9) strip of three, margins to cutting, on cover to the Hon. J.W. Mandeville, "Senate/Sac." with embossed red cameo card for Alta California Telegraph Co. straightline struck a third time at BL with matching "FREE" in oval opposite strip, Fine & rare.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
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Lot 59 |
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Western Temperance, beautiful all-over design by Barber & Baker on envelope to Sacramento with 1851 3¢ brownish carmine (11), margins to cutting, tied by "San Francisco Cal. 14 May" c.d.s., 1857 docketing, small tear at R., still Very Fine, very rare design.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Expertization: 1993 PF Certificate.
Provenance: Grunin
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Lot 60 |
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Marysville Cal. Paid By Stamps May 21, blue c.d.s., rarely seen so well-struck, on 3¢ red entire (U1) with Nesbitt seal, franked with 1851 3¢ rose red (11A) pair & single, margins all around except left stamp barely touching frame at BL, rich color, R. stamp in pair with small pre-print paper fold, tied by blue grid of rectangles, double rate to East Longmeadow, Mass., 1855 docketing on reverse, Very Fine, rare and handsome usage.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
Provenance: Chase, Renard
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Lot 61 |
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1855, 10¢ green, type II (14), four margins, tiny corner crease, tied by "Sacramento Cal. May 19, 1857" c.d.s. on cover to Mt. Carmel Ct. with cameo corner card in black on amber showing carriage, anvil and arm & hammer, tiny tear at top, still Very Fine, beautiful & very rare.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Gabriel
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Lot 62 |
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1857, 5¢ red brown, type I, 10¢ green type I (28, 31), single of each, tied together by blue grid of squares, matching "Marysville Cal. Paid By Stamps Feb. 19" c.d.s. on 1858 buff cover to Canboro, Canada, light red exchange handstamp at right, Canadian backstamps, light diagonal crease at far right, Very Fine, very scarce combination to pay the 15¢ rate.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 63 |
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1857, 10¢ green, type IV (34), well tied by bold blue shaded star, matching "Marysville Cal." c.d.s. on orange cover to Kanona, N.Y. with manuscript. "Due 10" at top center, perfs a bit scissor trimmed at top, still Very Fine.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
A FINE AND ATTRACTIVE USAGE OF THE RARE TYPE IV 10¢ PERFORATED.
Provenance: Brooks
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Lot 64 |
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1863, 2¢ black (73), horizontal strip of three, canceled by two strikes of "Paid" handstamp, on double rate cover to Barnesville Ohio with "Johnson Ranch Cal. Feb. 5" double line Collin postmark; cover with minor wear, strip with a few age freckles, still Fine, rare west coast use of the Black Jack and an uncommon late usage of this style Collin marking. This Sutter County office became Wheatland in 1866.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
Provenance: Ex-Jessup, Allen, Metzger, illustrated in Lane, Fig. 20
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