Lot 1870
(Revenue Usages) 1863, 1865 Checks With 2¢ Black (73), two checks, 1863 New Orleans check of Newman & Murphy for $180.00 bearing uncancelled #73; and 1865 New York check of Mechanics & Traders' Bank for $14.00 bearing #73 cancelled by "T.B., Match 15, 1865", F.-V.F.Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot 1871
(Revenue Usages) 1866 Oregon Stage Co. Receipt, $70 receipt for full payment of toll on Bridge boarding and use of barn bearing 2¢ black (73) cancelled by manuscript "J.J.B., Augst 1, 1866" as payment of revenue tax, Very Fine.Scott No. 73 Estimate $300 - 400.
Beus Bridge, erected in 1851 by J.J. Beu, was a toll bridge on the road from Shasta City to Tehama Cal. Miners and stagecoach stop on the way to the gold fields of Shasta, Trinity and Siskiyou.
Lot 1872 ()
(Revenue Usages) 2¢ Black, single on back only of a tissue paper cover probably to France, used in combination with three revenues: R15c, R18c and R40c, all tied by three strikes of "Clifton Springs N.Y. Dec 15" and "Dec 16" cds plus two small "Paid" handstamps, red crayon "8", if over ½ oz. then rest of franking was on the front; 3¢ small piece out, Fine and very unusual, ex-Metzger.Scott No. 73 Estimate $200 - 300.