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clear strike of red oval handstamp (FRE‐104c) on April 7, 1851 folded letter to San Francisco, vertical filefolds, very fine, a scarce marking with just a few known
illustrated printed frank with horse and rider, used locally to San Francisco street address, insignificant toned spot at top left, otherwise fresh and extremely fine, Hoogs & Madison also produced rare local adhesives, illustrated in Letters of Gold
Pearce
Haas
Edwards Collection (Christie's Robson Lowe, 1991)
unused Type 5 frank on 3c Red Nesbitt entire, very fine and fresh
Type 4 frank on 3c Red Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, "Pleasant Springs Cal 15 Apr" datestamp with manuscript date, reverse with printed advertisement for the Penny-Post Company with list of cities, bit of wear and light staining, still fine, one of just 16 recorded in the Frajola census
blue oval Pony and rider handstamp with matching boxed "Paid" handstamp on locally-addressed cover, very fine and choice, ex-Meroni
hand-colored four-horse stagecoach directive on cover to Neponset, Massachusetts, several strikes of "Benicia Cal. Jan 24" datestamp tie single and pair of 10c Green (35), 1861 docketing, very fine and attractive
red oval datestamp (ADA-101k) with matching octagonal "Paid" on cover to San Francisco, small corner faults, otherwise fine
red oval datestamp (ADA-101m) on cover to Athens, New York, entered the mails with black "New-York 5Cts. Aug 12" integral rate datestamp, light staining, very fine and attractive
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red oval handstamp (Thomas ADA-101o) on 1853 folded letter to San Francisco, endorsed "Pr Adams & Co Express" at lower left, very fine and attractive
blue handstamp (ADA-102a) on cover to Sacramento, California, light edge wear, very fine, just three examples recorded by Thomas
red shield cornercard (ADA-400) on cover to East Granville, Massachusetts, blue "Marysville Cal 5 Jun 13" datestamp corrected with "10" rate handstamp, original enclosure and Adams & Co. bill of exchange, light wear from contents, very fine and rare, Thomas records just eight examples
black printed scroll frank printed vertically (BAM-002a) on 3c Pink Entire to San Francisco, printed cornercard at top center reads "Daily Line of Stages Carrying Bamber & Co's Express, Leaves Moore's Landing, for Bantas, San Joaquin City, Graysonville, and Hill's Ferry., Jon. S. Perkins, Proprietor" (BAM-600), blue "J. Bamber & Co's Express. Sep 27" double circle datestamp (BAM-102), light edge wear particularly at bottom left, fine appearance