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Sale 44: The Westpex Sale - Important Worldwide Stamps and Covers

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U.S. Collections: Currency, Misc. Documents, Correspondence & Ephemera

Lots 3340-3348

Lot 3340

1870, $5 First National Gold Bank of San Francisco. 1741, vibrant colors and nice pen signatures with strong reverse detail, some light creases barely detracting, PMG graded Fine 12, a lovely example of this rare San Francisco note.
Estimate    $5,000 - 7,500.

Realized: $4,750

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Lot 3341

George Washington Print Collection. 40 items; mostly early engraved book plate portraits and scenes, small vignette engravings, mostly early to mid 19th century, few others including Martha & George carte-de-visite, few more modern items.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $800

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Lot 3342

1837-1870, Miscellaneous Letters, Bank Notes & Ephemera. Various interesting items, including a 1837 letter discussing wages for negroes (50¢ to 75¢ per week); U.S. Senate Free Frank from Wm. Gwin, California's first Senator; several packet ship items; several telegraphs including 1866 from War Dept. in Washington to Gen. R.K. Scott at Charleston, "Your muster out is suspended by order of Genl Howard"; several fronts to James Gasden, Minister to Mexico during negotiations for the purchase of Arizona & New Mexico; several Confederate bank notes (genuine); $10 U.S. Treasury Silver Certificate; several 1915 Mexico banknotes; please inspect.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $575

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Lot 3343

1845-1865 Eastern Express Company Receipts. 35 or so items, plus large receipt book, with rich assortment of companies, including Larose's Express, Hudson River Railroad, American Express, Adams & Co's, Kinsley, Butterfield Wasson & Co, Wells & Co, Harnden's Express, American Merchants Union Express, Earle Express, Thompson & Co's, Merchant's Despatch, Susquehanna Express, Eastern Express Co, etc; receipt book is for Thompson & Co's Great Western Express; many items elaborately illustrated with railroad trains, steamships, fancy typestyles, etc; condition generally F-VF or better, very attractive.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $450

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Lot 3344    

Miscellaneous Western Ephemera, 19th Century. Box containing letters, advertising circulars, illustrated letterheads, post office correspondence, political documents, legal documents, invoices, Montana Territory bonds, sewing machine diagrams, N.S.G.W. colored carte-de-visite; 1850's pioneer family letters archive; and much more, please inspect.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $1,300

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Lot 3345    

Wells Fargo Express, Stage Coach & Railroad Ephemera. Interesting balance selection of wide variety of material, including waybills for Holbrook, Fort Apache Stage Line, WF drafts, WF money order receipts, agents' stubs; WF 1859 gold dust receipt; 1878 Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper large WF headquarters SF; Virginia & Truckee 1876 interest coupons (several dozs); Southern California Railway Co 1901 receipt; California Central Rail Road Co 1861 interest coupon and much more, please inspect.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $425

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Lot 3346    

Western 19th Century Ephemera. Box full of wide range of items, including nice lithographs & engravings of California & Western scenes, including 1857 View of San Francisco, 1848 View of Monterey; 1865 Earthquake View of San Francisco; 1900 reprint of Gold Discovery; 1867 Cheyenne Indians attacking Union Pacific RR working party; also 4 in small wood frames; many other graphics; gold dust hanging scale; Ione Cal. postal date stamp; brochures, flyers, other miscellaneous ephemera; please examine carefully.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 3347    

Western Mining Ephemera. Variety of items, including 1867 Savage Mine, Virginia, Nevada, pay roll vouchers; 1892 Idaho Quartz Mining Co, Grass Valley, bank drafts; various mining company stock certificates; 1885 mining deed; 1907 Notice of Location===Placer Claim, Mariposa Country; 1894 receipt for stage fare and meals & bed at Mok Hill, West Point, Valley Spring, Stockton, etc; Goldfield Masco Mining Co Denver prospectus; and much more, please inspect.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $675

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Lot 3348    

Western Photographs and Ephemera. Consignment balance comprising vintage photographs, glass negatives, positives, couple daguerreotypes in old fashioned small frames, as well as prints of "Sutter's Fort 1847"; 1874 photo of "The California" on its 25th anniversary as 1st steamer to enter San Francisco Bay on February 28, 1849; photo of Bancroft Building on fire in 1886; photos of Sutter's Mill relics; Coloma mining scene; various views of San Francisco from 1837 to 1854; photos of cowboys (pony express riders?), James Marshall (discoverer of gold), Bigler, Folsom and other early dignitaries; and much much more; ample time needed to carefully examine the contents of this trove, as much is wrapped in bubble wrap for protection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,700

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