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Sale 74: The Westpex Auction

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Rough & Ready - Illustrated Miner's Covers & Postal Usages

Lot 901    

Rough and Ready, Cal., April 18 (Nevada), manuscript postmark with matching "40" rating on 1851 folded letter addressed to Sommerset, Missouri with "By New York" routing endorsement, three-page letter datelined "Gold diggings. Nevada County Cal, April 9th, 1851" with interesting content "..the City of Nevada was found to be on fire and in about 40 minutes 150 houses, together with 300,000 dollars worth of property were destroyed", hard times mining and mentioning of Murderers Bar; cover staining at top, Fine and interesting letter.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $325

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