Sale 118: The Fall Sale

Lot 1050    

1870, 15¢ bright orange, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing, used with 6¢ carmine (148), each tied by diamond grid fancy cancels on yellow cover to France, matching "Fiddletown, Cal., Oct 2" cds, red "New York Oct 10" exchange cds, blue Cherbourg (10.22.71) entry cds with matching large "10" decimes due rating handstamp, Oct. 23rd arrival backstamp; cover tear in address, edge wear, F.-V.F.
Scott No. 152    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $300

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Lot 1051    

1870, 24¢ purple, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing, cork canceled with matching "San Francisco, Cal., Nov 22" cds alongside on large cover to Coxsackie, N.Y., with "Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, Portrait and Landscape. Photographs of Every Description…San Francisco" advertising corner card; small stamp and cover flaws including tear into postmark and slight reduction at top, Fine appearance, a rare solo domestic usage of the 1870 24¢ Banknote paying eight times the rate, cover most certainly contained a cabinet photo, ex-Fosdyke-Ray; with 2000 P.F. certificate and 1929 affidavit.
Scott No. 153    Estimate $500 - 750.

Carleton E. Watkins is considered one of the greatest photographers of the American West. Born in New York, he moved to California and quickly became interested in photography. He focused mainly on landscape photography and Yosemite Valley was a favorite subject of his. His photographs of the valley significantly influenced the United States Congress' decision to preserve it as a National Park.

Realized: $525

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Lot 1052    

1870, 30¢ black, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing, two singles, s.e.'s at left, tied by light crossroads cancels on legal size cover to Melbourne, Australia, red "San Francisco, Cal., Paid, Jun 21" cds and receiving backstamp; right stamp with faults, Fine appearance; with 1996 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott No. 154    Estimate $150 - 200.

Realized: $150

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Lot 1053    

1870, 90¢ carmine, without grill, N.B.N.C. printing, in combination with 1870, 12¢ dull violet (151) on large cloth wrapper to Delaware City, Del., canceled by blue cork with matching "San Diego, Cal., Oct 31" cds alongside; with stamp missing between other two which have flaws, Fine appearance, one of only four known on cover usages of the 90¢ National Bank Note issue; with 2014 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 155    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $375

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Lot 1054    

1873, 3¢ green, C.B.N.C. printing, natural s.e. at left, in combination with 1875, 2¢ vermilion (178) on 1877 cover to London, England, canceled and tied by two strikes of fancy Star in Cogwheel foreign mail cancels, red "San Francisco, Cal., May 1" cds and reverse with London entry cds; light crease in 2¢ stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. 158    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $425

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Lot 1055    

1873, 7¢ orange vermilion, C.B.N.C. printing, tied by grid handstamp on 1873 cover to Chaumont, France, "Salinas City, Cal., Sep 10" origin cds, red New York exchange and London transit cds's, receiving backstamp, Very Fine, this being the Earliest Known Usage of the 1873 7¢ Banknote Issue .
Scott No. 160    Estimate $500 - 750.

Realized: $350

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Lot 1056    

1873, 10¢ brown, C.B.N.C. printing, nicely centered, tied by crossroads cancel on 1874 folded letter to San Jose, Costa Rica, red "San Francisco, Cal., Paid, Oct 3" cds and blue company cds, Extremely Fine, one of the finest examples to Costa Rica from the Millet correspondence, ex-Del Campo.
Scott No. 161    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $210

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Lot 1057    

1873, 15¢ yellow orange, C.B.N.C. printing, well centered, tied by cork handstamp on linen lined cover to Napagedl, Moravia (now Czech Republic) with matching San Francisco, Cal., Apr 13 cds, red "New York, Apr 29" transit cds and clear receiving backstamp; slight cover soiling, Very Fine, a very rare destination.
Scott No. 163    Estimate $250 - 350.

Realized: $190

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Lot 1058    

1873, 30¢ gray black, C.B.N.C. printing, used with 2¢ vermilion + 5¢ blue (178, 179), each tied by diamond grid cancels, purple "San Francisco, Nov 1 1877, Registered" three-line registry postmark on courthouse cover to Sacramento City Cal.; reduced and refolded, 1877 docketing, Fine and scarce three-color franking at nine-times the 3¢ letter rate plus 10¢ registry fee.
Scott No. 165    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $325

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Lot 1059    

1873, 30¢ gray black, C.B.N.C. printing, natural s.e. at left, used with 1879, 2¢ vermilion, two singles (183), tied by matching cork cancels and purple "San Francisco, Cal., Oct 17 1881, Registered." four-line postmark on court house cover to Los Angeles, Cal., clerk case docketing on face, reverse with three large green seals; some edgewear and right 2¢ light crease, Fine and rare high-value use, correctly prepaid for eight-times the 3¢ first class rate plus 10¢ registry fee; with 1996 P.F. certificate.
Scott No. 165    Estimate $300 - 400.

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