Sale 108: The Westpex Sale

Lot 1021    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Nov, 27 1851, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) with matching blue manuscript "10" rating on buff cover to Gardiner, Maine, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

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Lot 1022    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Nov, 27 1851, clear strike of blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) with matching blue manuscript "10" rating on orange buff cover to Fulton House, N.Y.; some edge wear and minor stain upper left, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1023    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Dec. 23, 1851, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) with matching blue manuscript "10" rating on blue cover to Gardiner Me., Fulton House, N.Y.; some edge wear and minor stain lower left, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1024    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Dec. 27, 1851, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) on buff cover with matching "Paid" handstamp with blue ms. "6" rating to Carthage, Illinois; light cover stain, a Very Fine strike, ex-Myerson & Newton.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 1025    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Jan 12, 1852, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) with matching blue manuscript "10" rating on orange buff cover to Annisquam, Mass., fresh and Very Fine use.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $160

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Lot 1026    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Jan 23, 1852, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) and blue manuscript "10" rating on orange buff "Berry's Adhesive Despatch" envelope to Gardiner, Maine; some light cover creasing, Very Fine, ex-Chase, Knapp.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1027    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Feb 4, 1852, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) tying two singles (formerly a pair) of 3¢ orange brown (10) on folded letter datelined "Robinson's Ferry, Jan. 28. 1852" to Mansfield, Ohio, interesting miner's letter with mining and political slave content "…On the first Monday of January my term expired as President of the Soldiers Gulch Mining Co. The prospects of our mine are not flattering… are the indications so discouraging as to justify abandoning it. … Democracy is triumphant in this states. The Governor recommends a Convention to amend the constitution. The object is to alter it so as to a…. slavery or divide the state, and make the southern part a slave territory. The effort I trust will fail…"; stamps irregularly separated, F.-V.F., an excellent miner's letter.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $850

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Lot 1028    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Feb 4, 1852, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) and matching "Paid" and "6" in Circle rating handstamps on buff cover to Boothbay Me., manuscript "Paid 6" at top left under postmark; light stain bottom right, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1029    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California., Apr 13, 1852, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) and matching blue "10" in Circle rating handstamp on buff cover to Cincinnati, Ohio, Extremely Fine and choice.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $170

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Lot 1030    

(Tuolumne) Sonora, California, Apr 30, 1852, blue two-line postmark (Williams TUO-1340) and matching bold "5" rating handstamp on buff cover to San Jose Cal., Very Fine.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Addressee James Frazier Reed (1800-74) was an Irish-American businessman and soldier and a pioneer in the American West, notable for being an organizing member of the ill-fated Donner Party emigration to California in 1846.

Realized: $300

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