Lot
746 
Sacramento City, Cal., Jan 14, large serifed cds (type 2) and small "80" rate handstamp on cover to Athens, New York, also interesting manuscript "over charge, 40 cts" notation that indicates the Athens postmaster may not have recognized the double rate, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, corner stain, F.-V.F., nine 80¢ double rate uses with the serifed postmark types are recorded. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $100
Lot
747
Sacramento City, Cal., Jan 15, large serifed cds (type 2) and squatty "40" rate handstamp on folded letter to Geneseo, New York, letter (3 pages) is headed "Long Bar Jan 11th 1851" and from a man to his mother back home, letter is about family matters, Very Fine, letter written 7 years before Long Bar had a Post Office. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $110
Lot
748 ()
Sacramento City, Cal., Jan 25, large serifed cds (type 2) in red and small "80" rate handstamp in matching red on rebacked cover front to Washington, D.C., intriguing small manuscript "$1-" marking indicating the cover may have been brought in from the mines to Sacramento by express, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, edge stains and corner wear, Fine (no photo). Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot
749
Sacramento City, Cal., Jan 28, large serifed cds (type 2) in red and blue manuscript "40" rate marking on folded letter to Geneseo, New York, letter (3 pages) is headed "Long Bar Jan 23th" with no year date but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, letter is from a man to his wife at home with personal content including questions about a newborn daughter the father has never seen, Very Fine and attractive, letter written 7 years before Long Bar had a Post Office. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $110
Lot
750
Sacramento City, Cal., Feb 4, large serifed cds (type 2) in red and large "40" rate handstamp in matching red on cover to Washington, Pennsylvania, "via New York" sender's directive, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, a bit soiled and edge wear, F.-V.F. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $40
Lot
751
Sacramento City, Cal., Mar 1, large serifed cds (type 1) in red and large "40" rate and straightline "Paid" handstamps in matching red on cover to Mystic Bridge, Connecticut, undated but necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, minor edge wear, a trifle trimmed along the bottom, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $100
Lot
752
Sacramento City, Cal., Mar 1, large serifed cds (type 1) in red and small "80" rate and straightline "Paid" handstamps in matching red on cover to Union, Ohio, also manuscript "paid" endorsement and "80" pencil notation, "Father, Feb 14 1851" pencil docket, cover refolded, small edge repair, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $90
Lot
753
Sacramento City, Cal., Mar 31, large serifed cds (type 1) in red and large "40" rate handstamp in matching red on folded letter to New York City, "Recd. May 6 /51" pencil docket, letter is headed "Sac City March 31st 1851" and is from a man to his parents back home, letter (1 page) reports "I have but a moment before the mail closes… I have concluded a bargain for a ranch situated about 12 miles below this city on the banks of the Sacramento [River]. I shall probably own and work it in connection with two other parties… three men were shot last night about 9 o'clock attempting to commit a burglary, one killed instantly and two wounded", minor edge wear, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $130
Lot
754
Sacramento City, Cal., Apr 28, large serifed cds (type 2) in red and large "80" rate handstamp in matching red on cover to Stamford, Connecticut "U.S.", undated but mostly erased "April… 1" pencil notation and necessarily an 1851 use given the postmark type and rate, cover slightly refolded, a bit soiled, Fine, the only recorded example of the large size "80" in either red or black, ex-Berner. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $100
Lot
755
Sacramento City, Cal., 29 May, large serifed cds (type 1) in red and large "1½" rate and straightline "Paid" handstamps in matching red on folded letter to Governor John McDougal in San Jose, letter (1 page) is a request for a notary public appointment and dated May 30, 1851, which is after the postmark date so one or the other must be off by a day, Extremely Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
The Sacramento City Post Office began postmarking and rating letters in red ink rather than black ink in January of 1851.
Realized: $1,500