Lot
1224 
Salt Lake City, Utah Aug 1 [1852], fine black cds with matching "PAID 3" in circle rate handstamp on three-page folded letter to Ohio written by barely literate emigrant en route to the gold fields, datelined "Utha Teritory Morman Citty July 7th 1852" and reads, in part, "…now I will let u nowe that I am at the Morman Citty I got here the 6 of July three months to a day from the time I left Michigan…our Company has ben very well blest to what others has wee hav lost one man and they hav all ben sick but wee hav two sick man with us now…wee think one month more will take us on the Carson valley and wee think wee shant go any further this fall or winter…I am now at salt lake and I expect to arive in the mines in thirty days then I will write more particulars…", minor paper erosion at folds and light toning at edges, trifle paper damage on back from wax seal, F.-V.F.Estimate $200 - 300.
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Realized: $950
Lot
1225
Salt Lake City, Utah T., Jul 17, sharp blue cds on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire (U9) to New Hampshire; slightly reduced at right well clear of indicium, minor corner tear at lower right, otherwise Very Fine.Scott No. U9 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $80
Lot
1226
Springville June 24 U.T. [1856], manuscript postmark on blue folded letter with manuscript cancelled 1851 3¢ dull red, the address has unfortunately faded away, but docketing on front indicates "Eliza Daly, dated June 23 1856", with enclosure datelined "June 23 Spring ville Utah" and contents, in part, "…I think this country is very bad for such complaints. there is so scarcity of water that is doing much hurt in some places there was a great quantity of snow fell last winter but fell mostly in the valleys instead of the mountains consequently it did not do so much good by watering the crops as it did damage in covering up the pass from the cattle which has caused thousands of cattle to perish from for the want of something to eat…Eliza Daley to Willard Fisher", F.-V.F., an excellent letter & rare postmark.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $2,200
Lot
1227
Utah Postmark Group, small lot of seven covers with various Utah postmarks including Alta, Grantsville, Kanosh, Manti, Provo City, Salt Lake City, plus one incoming cover to "Great Salt Lake City, Uta Territory", some cover faults, F.-V.F.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $260
Lot
1228
Western Correspondence from Utah & Colorado, lot of two covers with enclosures plus an extra letter, all from one correspondence; first is letter only (no cover) datelined "Fort Bridger, Utah Territory Feb 16th, 1866" reads, in part, "…I was transferred along with many others into the 1st Mich. then at Ft. Leavenworth. We started from Ft. Leavenworth on the 8th day of July and arrived at this Post on the first day of Nov. making a stop of two months at Fort Halleck two hundred and eighty miles east of here. We were sent on the plains I suppose for the purpose of suppressing the indians which were very troublesome at that time the 7th was ahead of us about three weeks they were foolish enough to start out with Sabres and revolvers alone this the red devils soon found out and were no more afraid of them than they were of the rain. Colorado troops who were on the line at that time for the indians can shoot very accurately from two to three hundred yards with their bows and arrows and this our boys could not always do with their pistols…;" second is cover postmarked with partial small cds "Fort Bridger, Utah Apr [5] 1866" franked with 1861 3¢ rose with original enclosure which reads, in part, "…Another great reason is if my father is alive he must be found and I have great reason to believe he is as I have seen a young man that was in the same regiment (4th Wis) at the time of the storm in which he was reported killed…", last is a cover postmarked "Big Thompson, Col." two incomplete strikes of double-circle cds with smudge of cork killer on 3¢ 1861 issue (defective) to Michigan; original enclosure datelined "Big Thompson, Col. June 8th '66" personal letter; Big Thompson cover opened raggedly at left, wear from contents enclosed, Fine, The small Fort Bridger cds, while lightly struck, is thought to have only been used for a short time in 1866.Estimate $200 - 300.
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Realized: $1,600