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rebus with train and mountain illustration on cover to Lena, Illinois, "Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, 146 Montgomery St." imprint, manuscript "Paid 10 Cts" and San Leandro datestamp, small edge faults, very fine and scarce

illustrated lettersheet depicting four scenes: "Going In To It", "Making Something", "Making Nothing", and "Going Out Of It", "Lith & Published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts. S.F." imprint, small blue handstamp for "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall, 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Charles P. Kimball, Proprietor", trivial splitting along the folds, very fine and attractive

cornercard on cover from New York City to London, England, franked with pair of 2c Black (73) and pair of 10c Green (68), all tied cork cancels, pink all-over advertising on reverse for Idaho and Nevada silver and California and Canada gold, small repairs throughout, exploded for display, very fine appearance, a striking mining advertising cover 

exploded to show all-over design on reverse from the DeLery Gold Mining Company, franked with pair 2c Black and pair 10c Green, addressed to London, England

manuscript postmark on canvas pouch addressed to Lisbon, Maine, franked with two strips of five 3c Dull red and two strips of five 10c Green, each with neat pen cancel, small faults to be expected, an extraordinary postal relic, this pouch would have been sewn around a metal cigarette box containing gold nuggets circa 1855, the postage of $1.30 would pay for 6½ ounces (at a rate of 10c per half-ounce

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