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Sale 55: United States Postal History

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Nevada

Lot 502    

Carson Valley, U.T., Jun .3, clear neat strike of cds (type I) on circa 1858 10¢ green on buff entire from the Pardon Brown correspondence to Middletown, N.Y.; no flap with some soiling and wear, Fine.
Scott No. U16    Estimate $500 - 750.

The Pardon Brown correspondence is noted for several covers carried by Snowshoe Thompson's express from Carson Valley to Placerville during the winters of 1857-58 and 1858-1859. This cover would have been carried by Thomason from the Carson Valley post office in his role as a Chorpenning's sub-contractor for the mails, from Carson Valley to Placerville. See the article "Across the Sierra Nevada Mountains by Snow-Shoe" by Risvold and Frajola in Chronicle 215 (Aug. 2007, p. 201-211).

Realized: $1,050

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