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Sale 52: The Westpex Sale

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United States Postal History

Lots 933-942 Lots 943-947

Lot 933

California Navigation and Improvement Co., Complimentary Ticket, card from transportation between Stockton and San Francisco, 1896 expiration; minor soiling spot, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $95

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Lot 934

(Carte-De-Visite) Chief Jack, ca. 1865 photograph of Ute chief with pistol firearm, reverse with "Denver Photographic Rooms - Chamberlain, Artist" imprint; minor card scuffing on reverse, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $700

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Lot 935

(Carte-De-Visite) General Custer, produced by John Goldin & Co., May 1865, labeled below photograph as "GEN CUSTAR", reverse with manuscript canceled 3¢ Proprietary revenue; minor edge spot at bottom, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $675

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Lot 936

(Carte-De-Visite) Seth Kinman, California Hunter, 1864 photograph, reverse with Philp & Solomons' Metropolitan Gallery imprint, Very Fine.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Seth Kinman was an early settler of Humboldt County, California, a hunter based in Fort Humboldt, a famous chair maker, and a nationally recognized entertainer. He stood over 6 feet tall and was known for his hunting prowess and his brutality toward bears and Indians. Kinman claimed to have shot a total of over 800 grizzly bears, and, in a single month, over 50 elk. He was also a hotel keeper, barkeeper, and a musician who performed for President Lincoln on a fiddle made from the skull of a mule.

Realized: $270

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Lot 937

Daniel Webster Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Co., 1864 stock certificate for 10 shares, Pittsburgh Mining District in Shasta County, Cal., with Revenue 5¢ & 20¢ Inland Exchange part perf issues tied together by "June 22nd, 1864" manuscript cancel, Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $250

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Lot 938

David F. Barry Photographer Business Card, with illustrated Chief Gall portrait and "Photographs of all noted Indian Chiefs" inscription below, New York City address, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $105

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Lot 939    

Elizabethtown, Cal. Name of Post Office Change Notice, December 17, 1855 Post Office Department notice from 1st Assistant Postmaster General Horatio King to John Denver regarding the change of the Elizabethtown post office to Quincy, accompanied by original cover with "Post Office Department, Official Business" handstamp; sealed cover tear in cover at bottom, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $180

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Lot 940

(Illustrated Letter Sheet) the Celebration in San Francisco, in Commemoration of the Successful Laying of the Atlantic T (Baird 23) Sterett & Butler, Printer, Engravers and Publishers, 145 Clay Street, San Francisco, approximately 16¼x10½'', wood engraving around periphery 35 small illustrations: four stars in the corner, thirty small seals of the States, and one unidentified portrait at the top, body of the sheet are several larger illustrations, Cars carrying 120 little girls, uniformly dressed in white, and representing all the States, and principal European Nations, Rube Aldrich, just arrived, 120 days from St. Jo., Missouri, Adams with his family of Native Californians; and the men of the Knickerbocker 5 Fire Company in procession behind a float of a small boat with cable coiled on its deck, on blue wove paper; small paper repairs at right corners, still Very Fine.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

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Lot 941

(Illustrated Letter Sheet) Winter in the Mines (Baird 334) Hutching & Rosenfield publisher, unused letter sheet showing seven illustrated miner scenes, each with 8 line poem below, on white laid ruled paper; small sealed tear at lower right and red "C.W. Hendel Collection" handstamp on reverse, still Very Fine and rare.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

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Lot 942

(Stage Pass) California, Oregon & Idaho Stage Company, 1890 pass issued to superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co., reverse with signed transfer and liability clause, Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $325

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Lots 933-942 Lots 943-947

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