Lot
652 
(Sacramento) Hicksville, Cal., Dec 31, oval postmark with manuscript date (SAC-1510, R4) on cover to Vermont, franked with 1861, 3¢ brownish carmine (65) canceled by waffle grid handstamp, with dateline portion of enclosure on Christmas day of 1862, Very Fine, the earliest recorded example of this rare postmark., ex-Tatham.Scott No. 65 Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
653
(Sacramento) Mormon Island, Cala., June 27, triple oval postmark (SAC-1910) with manuscript "10" rate marking on stampless orange envelope to Maine, F.-V.F., a scarce California fancy town marking.Estimate $100 - 150.
Current Opening Bid: $50
Lot
654
(Sacramento) Sacramento, Cal., May 28, oval postmark (SAC-2480) with large double oval "Paid 40" rate handstamp on buff cover to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, pencil notations on verso indicate 1849, minor edge mends, plus second cover from same correspondence postmarked with same Sacramento, Cal. cds dated Nov. 40 with large 40 rate handstamp, cover repaired, Very Fine, just four examples of the large double oval rate handstamp with the 40¢ rate are recorded.Estimate $400 - 600.
Current Opening Bid: $200
Lot
655
(Sacramento) Sacramento (Cal.) Aug 24, manuscript postmark (SAC-2460) and "40" manuscript rate marking on stampless cover to Bristol, Connecticut, with "Please forward at the first opportunity", minor stain at upper right, Extremely Fine, ex-Haas, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 32).Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A VERY RARE CALIFORNIA MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK - THIS COVER IS THE BASIS FOR THE AUGUST 24, 1849, LISTING IN WILLIAMS OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN SACRAMENTO MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK.
Current Opening Bid: $500
Lot
656
(Sacramento) Sacramento / Oct 21 1849, straightline postmark with tiny matching "40" rate marking on homemade buff cover to Harpers Ferry Va., slight aging, Very Fine and rare.Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
THE EARLIEST OF ONLY 8 RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE SACRAMENTO STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK.
Sacramento straightline postmarks are known used from October 21 to November 10, 1849, with 8 examples recorded. Sacramento oval postmarks were used concurrently.
Current Opening Bid: $750
Lot
657
(Sacramento) Sacramento / Oct 28 1849 / 40, straightline postmark (SAC-2470) with integral rate marking (without the usual "PAID" in the cliche) on folded letter to New Brunswick, New Jersey; great letter datelined "Calafornia Gold Diggins Oct 21st 1849", in part, "we are on the American Fork about 230 miles above San Francisco at a place called the Salmon Falls…[first week] dug out of the bed of the river $240.00" with much more detail on the mining life of a true 49er, Extremely Fine, truly an exhibition piece, ex-Jarrett.Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE FINEST SACRAMENTO STRAIGHT LINE COVERS KNOWN.
This Sacramento straight line postmark was only in use for 20 days between October 21 and November 10 of 1849.
Current Opening Bid: $1,500
Lot
658
(Sacramento) Sacramento, Cal. Mar 4, black oval datestamp (Williams SAC-2480) with magenta manuscript "40" rate marking on folded letter to Cincinnati, Ohio, reverse with rare red circular handstamp "San Francisco Recd 6 Mar" (similar to Williams SAF-310 reported used Sep 30, 1850 to Nov 5, 1851, but with the "Recd" at the bottom of the dial; thus, unlisted in Williams and apparently the precursor to SAF-310); letter datelined "Plumas Sunday March 17, 1850" (erroneously dated by the writer), with contents, in part, "…I have been in the New Town one week at 10$ per day and board Mr. Nathan Scotfield the surveyor engaged me to come up from Sacramento City on Saturday 9 Feby. We arrived at this Beautiful Location at dusk and slept in a cabin without a roof…I am within 20 miles or less from the region of gold diggers and hundreds if not thousands pass along daily on land or water thro this place…Steam Boats can run within 100 feet of our cabin during the whole year, 55 miles above Sacramento City or about 200 miles from San Francisco…Plumas is on the Feather River some 20 miles above its mouth and about the same below the mouth of Yuba River where it empties into Feather River…W.C. Laurence" with much additional writing on mining, immigration, etc.; some internal staining of lettersheets, toning along folds, Very Fine, This cover is the subject of an article written by Dr. Milgram in Western Express (Sept. 2010).Estimate $500 - 750.
Current Opening Bid: $250
Lot
659
(Sacramento) Sacramento, Cal. Apr 11, oval postmark with large double oval "Paid 40" rate handstamp over "Paid" sender's endorsement, on cover to Pontotoc, Mississippi, "May 29, 1850" pencil date on the back, ink blot on the postmark, minor corner wear, Very Fine and rare.Estimate $500 - 750.
JUST FOUR EXAMPLES OF THE LARGE DOUBLE OVAL RATE HANDSTAMP WITH THE 40¢ RATE ARE RECORDED.
Current Opening Bid: $250
Lot
660
(Sacramento) Sacramento, Cal., 21 May, 40, bold circular integral rate postmark (Williams SAC-2490) on 1850 or 1851 folded outer lettersheet to Sandy Spring, Maryland, matching arched large "Paid" handstamp, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Current Opening Bid: $100
Lot
661
(Sacramento) Sacramento City, Cal. 30 May, partial strike of red-orange cds with matching "40" rate handstamp on folded letter from a daughter to her mother in Rhode Island, datelined "Sac City May 25th 1850" and reads, in part, "…A great many miners have suffered severely from having their supplies cut off, from exposure to storms and severe cold….one trader had about 4000 postage dues of sugar, and hundreds for a week or more, ate nothing but sugar…it is pleasant to think that I am adding my mite to swell the pile i have $400.00 laid away…" much more detail on the difficulties of life being in the mining area with heavy snow, etc.; light edge wear, wax seal tear of backflap, F.-V.F.Estimate $150 - 200.
Current Opening Bid: $80