Lot 53
Up Hill Work, miner balancing well-filled pan of gold on his head, on Wide West Office cover with manuscript. "Red Bluffs Cal. Oct. 27th 1854" postmark, to Wisconsin and franked with 1851 3¢ dull red (11A) pair, margins to cutting at TR, bold pen squiggle, cover with small edge tears, Fine and rare.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500
Provenance: Polland, Kutz. Illustrated in Letters of Gold, p. 273
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