California Postal History - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 235 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyfour horse stagecoach printed directive on cover to Hanover, New Hampshire, franked with pen-cancelled 10c Green (35) and entering the mails with manuscript "Woodside Cal Sep 24" postmark, very fine and choice, 1988 Philatelic Foundation Certificate H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 209 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historydatestamp on cover to Crowland, Welland County, Canada West, red "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "15" rate, printed illustrated advertisement on reverse for Woodward's What Cheer House, original enclosure datelined "San Francisco Dec 30th 1856", light wear, very fine, the What Cheer House was a male-only hotel opened in 1852 which permitted no liquor on the premises and housed San Francisco's first free library and first museum H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 230 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historydirective on 6c Green Nesbitt entire to New Bedford, Massachusetts, two strikes of "Due 6" straightline handstamp, "Nov. 8, 1854" docketing and so probably carried by steamer Cortes from San Francisco, very fine and unusual H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 204 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historydatestamp with matching boxed "40" rate handstamp on 1850 cover to Pikesville, Maryland, carried by PMSS steamer Panama to Panama and then USMSC Georgia to New York City, original enclosure datelined "San Francisco January 26, 1850" makes mention of Generals Bennet C. Riley and Winfield Scott, very fine and interesting H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 216 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historydouble circle datestamp on 10c Green entire, "P.O. Business Free, R.F. Perkins, P.M." three-line handstamp, hole punch invalidating indicia, 1867 docketing at left, original registered return receipt enclosure from Oswego, New York, very fine H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 242 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyillustrated lettersheet printed in German, "Hutchings & Rosenfield, 146 Montgomery Strasse, San Francisco" imprint, lengthy multipage letter datelined Mokelumne Hill, small gold nugget sewn into the page H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 211 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historydouble circle datestamp with matching straightline "Ship.12" on incoming cover to Ellington, Connecticut from Kanagawa, Japan, endorsed "Curlew to Cala", 1863 docketing most likely in error, very fine double rate ship cover from the Hall correspondence H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 236 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyblue four-horse stagecoach design with "Overland Via Los Angeles U.S. Mail" directive on yellow cover to Rockford, Illinois, franked with imperforate 3c Dull red horizontal pair (11) and perforated 1c Blue and 3c Rose (24, 25), all tied by blue "Petaluma Cal. Apr 25" double circle datestamps, expertly cleaned and pressed, very fine, a colorful and unusual franking, ex-Haas and Piller H. R. Harmer Inc The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal Historyu.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 4013 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 2red datestamp on ca. 1854 cover to George T. Allen in Oyster Bay, New York, very fine, Allen's brother William moved to San Francisco in 1849 and is presumably the sender of this cover H. R. Harmer Inc The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 2u.s. postal history California Postal History |
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 Lot 4008 - u.s. postal history California Postal History - H. R. Harmer Inc The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 2red datestamp with black "Ship 6" in shell handstamp on incoming folded letter datelined "Sydney, 31st March, 1851", endorsed "Robert Bowne" which according to newspaper records traveled via Honolulu and arrived August 17, very fine, one of two recorded covers with a red datestamp and black "Ship 6", ex-Salzer H. R. Harmer Inc The March United States Postal History Sale - Day 2u.s. postal history California Postal History |
