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219 
(El Dorado) Clarksville, Cal./Apr. 27, 1864. Large oval postmark (Williams ELD-270) on 1861 3¢ entire to Shirland, Ill., slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, a scarce fancy California postmark, Ex-Jarrett. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $85
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220
(El Dorado) Cold Spring Cal, Apr 13. Manuscript postmark and "10" manuscript rate marking on stampless cover to Iowa City, Iowa, minor edge wear, F.-V.F (no photo). Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $60
Lot
221
(El Dorado) Coloma, Cal, Nov 2. Double circle postmark with "12" manuscript date correction on 1867 cover to Port Robinson, Canada, franked with 1861 5¢ brown pair (first stamp with s.e. at left) with target cancels, transit and receiving postmarks on the back, with original letter from a woman to a friend, a couple small stains, Very Fine. Scott No. 76 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $100
Lot
222
(El Dorado) Coloma, Cal., Collection Balance. 13 covers or folded letters, most 1850's, six with Culloma postmarks and the rest with Coloma postmarks, Culloma uses include Culloma Alta Cal red cds with integral 40 rate, stampless 10 in both red and black, one with 1851 3¢ pair tied, and two with 1851 10¢ tied, Coloma uses include stampless Paid 10, stampless Paid 3, one with 1851 10¢, two with 1857 3¢ tied, 1860's triple rate to Boston, and 1881 double rate to Oakland, lot also includes a stampless 10 cover from Indiana to Culloma and a California gold specimen (marked ½ ounce), Very Fine overall, the Culloma stampless 10 in black illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 299). Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $450
Lot
223
(El Dorado) Culloma, Cal. Two folded letters from the same writer to Dr. John F. Snyder after he had returned home from California (see brief biography with lot __), first with 1851 3¢ orange brown pair with blue grid cancels and tied by "Culloma, Cal., Aug 11" blue balloon cds, to Belleville, Illinois, letter is dated 1852 and describes attending the recent Democratic Party convention in Benicia (the nominees listed include J. W. Gregory of Gregory's Express) and "I am still working our old claim it has paid me very well here lately… twenty three ounces in the last three weeks", second stampless with "Culloma, Cal., Nov 28" red balloon cds and "10" red handstamped rate marking to Bolivar, Missouri, letter is dated 1853 and mentions "I sold the old claim for six hundred + thirteen dollars today payable in two months from today" and "direct your letters to Garden Valley as there is a post office here" but with postscript "John I have neither Stamps nor Envelopes", some reinforcement at the folds, F.-V.F. Scott No. 10 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $230
Lot
224
(El Dorado) Greenwood, Cal., Dec 4. Full sharp strike of cds (ELD-1710) on manuscript canceled 1855, 10¢ Nesbitt entire to Springfield, Mass., Extremely Fine, a gem strike and the listing example in Williams. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $110
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225
(El Dorado) Lake Bigler, Cal., Sep 5/1862. Bold manuscript postmark (Williams ELD-2160) on piece, franked with 1861 3¢ rose pair cancelled by the postmark, bit of trivial soiling, Very Fine, one of the rarest postmarks of California; also including a Wells Fargo 3¢ pink entire, postmarked with oval Placerville WF dated handstamp, addressed to Glenbrook House, Lake Bigler, Cal., cover roughly opened at top and missing backflap. Estimate $200 - 300.
Lake Bigler was the controversial name given to Lake Tahoe in 1854. Named after John Bigler, the third Governor of California (1852-56), by admiring Democrats, but later in part because of his secessionist views, the Indian name came into use during the Civil War, even though the legislature did not make the change official until 1945. There are no official Postal Records for Lake Bigler and there is some question as to whether the site was in California or Nevada.
Realized: $230
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226
(El Dorado) Mud Springs, Cal. Name of Post Office Change Notice. December 17, 1855 Post Office Department notice from 1st Assistant Postmaster General Horatio King to John Denver regarding the change of the Mud Springs post office to El Dorado, accompanied by original cover with "Post Office Department, Official Business" handstamp, Extremely Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $350
Lot
227
(El Dorado) Newton (New Town), Cal., May 23. Bold strike of cds (ELD-2640) and matching target handstamp canceling on 1870, 3¢ green entire to San Francisco, Extremely Fine, a very scarce and short-lived misspelled postmark from Newtown, the listing example and earliest recorded in Williams, ex Newton. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $65
Lot
228
(El Dorado) Placerville, Cal., Collection Balance. 12 covers or folded letters beginning with a Placerville manuscript postmark with 40 rate on 1850 folded miner's letter, other uses with cds postmarks include stampless Paid 6, stampless 10, stampless 5 to Gold Hill and forwarded to Auburn, two with 1851 3¢ tied, two with 1857 10¢ tied, and four 1860's including 1861 5¢ and 30¢ tied on 1864 folded letter to Switzerland and 1861 10¢ with grill tied on 1870 cover to Switzerland, generally F.-V.F., the Placerville manuscript 40 illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 49). Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $525