Lot 82
(Western Ephemera Balances) Western Miscellaneous Ephemera, 1850-1920. Box with an array of paper ephemera, much related to the Northwest - Oregon Territory, Washington Terr., California, etc; consisting of letterheads, railroad & stage coach miscellany, express company with Wells Fargo waybills & receipts; bank checks, 1880's post office money order branch receipts from small Oregon towns; 1891 personal letter from U.S. Consulate in Amoy, China; mining company ephemera; 1867 Oregon Stage Company fancy way-bill; historical lithograph views, etc; some interesting Civil War naval related covers and letters including "Ship Tamarlane at Sea off Turks Island, March 31st, 1862", interesting content; 1863 Santa Rosa Island (Pensacola); "USS Grand Gulf" "off New Orleans, La., Sept 13th 1865"; nice legal size Wells Fargo frank on 6¢ entire with Carlin, Nevada 1878 oval cancel; should be carefully valued by the "Ebayer" (no photo).Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $1,250