Auction Detail
July 2023
United States Postal History
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red printed scroll frank (FRM-006) with black "Freeman & Co's. Express, Santa Barbara" oval (FRM-102) on 3c Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, very fine, Freeman is not known to have had an office in Santa Barbara and this marking is unlisted in Thomas
red oval handstamp (FRM-100) on January 15, 1856 printed folded letter from Panama to San Francisco, endorsed "p Sonora", extremely fine and choice
printed cornercard (FRM-405) on cover to Marysville, California, 3c Dull red (26) tied by "San Francisco Cal Nov 28 1859" datestamp, some staining and edge wear, fine, addressed to William B. Latham who was an agent of Freeman & Co.
blue octagonal framed handstamp (Thomas GRT-100) on 3c Nesbitt entire to "Charles P. Kimball, Pres. Noisy Carrier Book Store, San Francisco, Cal.", very fine, just 10 examples of this handstamp recorded in the Thomas book
black printed frank (GRH-001) on 3c Red Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, blue oval "Greenhood & Newbauer Express, Weaverville, Cal." handstamp (GRH-100), small tear at top right, very fine and attractive
black printed frank (GRH‐002) on 3c Red Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, blue "Greenhood & Newbauer Express, Weaverville, Cal." oval handstamp (GRH-002) and manuscript "10" express charge, very fine, the "Newbaner" spelling is considerably scarcer than "Newbauer"
blue two-line handstamp (GRE-100b) with matching "Not Paid" in oval (GRE-201c) on cover to San Francisco, light aging, fine and scarce
black printed frank (GRG-002) on 3c Pink entire to Marysville, California, conjunctively used with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Nevada. Jul 18" datestamp, clipped lower left corner, otherwise very fine and rare with just three recorded by Thomas, this express only operated for a few months in 1866
black printed scroll frank (Thomas HAM-001) on 3c Green entire to Red Bluffs, California, "Reno Nev. Mar 7" datestamp, additional printed "Paid." above frank (not listed in Thomas), slightly reduced at left, cover expertly cleaned, original enclosure datelined "Susanville, March 4th, 1875", very fine and rare, just four used examples listed in Thomas, this express lasted for a short time between 1874 and 1875
red octagonal framed handstamp (HOP-100) on 3c Pink entire to Nevada City, California, February 7, 1865 docketing at left, barely reduced at right (just into indicia), very fine strike and cover, one of just two recorded examples of this marking (the other in the Wiltsee Collection)
purple printed frank (HUT-001) on 3c Pink entire to Mont Holly Springs, Pennsylvania, matching "If not delivered within 10 days, return to..." at left, "Helena Montano Jan 20" datestamp, very fine, the Thomas book records just five examples of this frank, presumably carried from the mines to Helena by Huntley where it entered the mails
horizontal printed frank (LAM-002) with black "Lamping & Co's Express Downieville" oval handstamp on 3c Pink entire to San Francisco (Daneri correspondence), very fine, only about 30 Lamping covers are recorded (the majority of which are addressed to A. Daneri in San Francisco)