Lot
2371 
California - Contra Costa County Balance, of approximately 135 covers and cards mounted on pages; nice array of towns and townmarks plus some express mail, with better including 1873 "Alamo" manuscript; 1874 Antioch (COC-140) blue cds; Wells Fargo "Antioch" oval; 1884 Black Diamond (COC-400) cds; 1879 Concord (CPC-920) violet octagon; 1886 Lafayette (COC-1710) purple oval; 1851 "Martinez" (COC-1780, ex-Tatham) ms. postmark; 1855c. Martinez (COC-1790) cds with "Paid 6" rating; Martinez (COC-1800) red cds on 10¢ #U18a Nesbitt entire; four Martinez Wells Fargo uses including paste-up (ex-Tatham); 1859 Pacheco (COC-2190) cds on #35 cover to Vermont; three Pacheco Wells Fargo uses, Pacheco cds on Pacific Union Express entire; "San Pablo, Cal." (COC-2790) use on #65 cover; and Somersville cds used on Bambers & Co. Express franked entire; etc.; some mixed condition. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,250