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Lot Sym. Lot Description Realized
1072 C SAN FRANCISCO. Bold strike of straightline hs on 1849 folded letter datelined "At Sea, Lat. 30deg.42', Lon. 134deg.40', Tuesday June 26th", magenta "Aug 1" and matching "40" rate markings, ms. "Steamer", Very Fine and very rare usage, as the San Francisco cds was in use by this date $ 850
1073 C San Francisco 1 Jul. (1851). Lightly struck cds with matching "10" handstamp, ms. "In the mail of July 1st", on brown cover to Rochester N.Y., pencil "Recd Aug 6 - 51" on reverse, minor backflap and edge creases, first day of the new 10c transcontinental rate (unpaid 10c) -- one of five west-to-east covers known $ 400
1074 C "Great Salt Lake City, January 9th 1848". Dateline on folded letter to Richmond Ind., fascinating contents state in part "This mail is carried by some of the soldiers of the Mormon battalion recently from the settlements of California where connections and familys are yet at the bluffs...", most of three pages of contents also describe the trip West and area around Salt Lake in great detail, arrived in Salt Lake on Sept. 24 after three months and fourteen days of travel, ms. Linden M. May 11" pmk. (first post office of entry) and matching "10", some trivial toning and splits but still in an excellent state of preservation

OUTSTANDING CONTENTS DESCRIBING ONE OF THE FIRST MORMON CARAVANS TO SALT LAKE CITY WITH FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE SETTLEMENT ACTIVITIES AND LIVING CONDITIONS AT SALT LAKE. A LETTER OF GREAT HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE.

Brigham Young first arrived in Salt Lake in July 1847. The author of this letter arrived only a few months later, in September. This letter was written during the Mormon settlers' first winter in Salt Lake.

$ 2,100
1075 C "Salt Lake Cal. Oct. 11". Ms. pmk. with matching "10" rate on 1849 folded letter to Richmond Ind., contents discuss both the year's crops and also some interesting comments regarding the mines, some foxing and splitting along folds, flap missing at left

EXTREMELY RARE SALT LAKE PRE-TERRITORIAL PERIOD POSTMARK, WHILE UTAH WAS STILL AN UNORGANIZED TERRITORY. A GREAT RARITY.

The mails to and from Salt Lake during the 1849-50 time period form an interesting chapter in Western postal history. A Salt Lake mail route was first proposed in a special contract dated Feb. 21, 1849. The contract was never executed as Congress refused to fund the route. The mails continued to be carried by Mormon carriers, and letters were charged 10c per half oz. for domestic letters to conform to Post Office Department rates from the West Coast. The mails were carried and delivered to the Post Office at Kanesville, Iowa, where they re-entered the official government mails. In late 1850 the United States finally authorized the official route from Independence Mo. to Salt Lake, and the first west-bound trip arrived in early November.

ASCC value

$ 4,250
1076 C Bannack City (Idaho) Express. Bold express company marking in semi-circle, 3c Rose (65) cancelled by grid, matching "Salt Lake City U.T. May 21" cds on orange cover to Minneapolis Minn., cover repaired at R., still a rare express company marking $ 400
1077 C The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company, St. Joseph, Mo. Jan. 24. Green oval datestamp on 3c Red Star Die entire to "Central City, Rocky Mountains, Care of the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express, St. Joseph Mo.", clearly struck "Superior Wis. Jan. 12, 1861" cds and target, about one-third inch of left edge invisibly restored, Very Fine appearance, rare east-to-west Pony cover, ex Moody, Gibson $ 1,300
1078 C Feather River Express. Paid. Singer & Morrow. Framed printed frank on 10c Green Nesbitt entire to Longmeadow Mass., pencil "Register 1856", ms. "Reg. No. 7" and blue "Marysville Cal. Paid By Stamps May 8" cds with rectangular grid, horizontal creases, worn in places, still Fine, an extremely rare registered express cover, ex Gibson, Clifford $ 1,100
1079 C Freeman & Co.'s Express San Francisco. Bold red oval hs on orange cover to Cambridge Mass., bearing 3c Dull Red (11), margins to in and tied by "New-York Jul. 9" cds, Fine and interesting usage $ 325
1080 C Hinckley & Co.'s Express, Denver City, Feb. 11, 1861. Neat circular ds on 3c Red Star Die entire addressed to "Mr. R. M. Pease, Central City, Rocky Mountains, Care of Henckly & Co.s Express, St. Joseph Mo.", bold "Superior Wis. Dec. 31, 1860" cds, slightly reduced at R., Very Fine and rare usage $ 400
1081 C 10c Green, Ty. III (15). Somehwat irregular margins mostly clear all around, tied by "New-York Oct. 1" cds on cover front (rebacked) to Washington D.C., blue "Pacific Express Co. San Francisco Aug. 18" double-circle ds, creased thru stamp, presentable and scarce, ex Lichtenstein $ 95
1083 C 12c Red & Brown entire (U42). Legal-size entire cancelled by blue oval "Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Nov 17", with printed frank, to Sacramento, 1868 docketing on reverse, roughly opened at T. and lightly creased, Fine appearance $ 100
1084 C 10c Dark Green (68). Two singles, tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. S. Frsco. 11 Jan." large double-circle ds, matching oval "Paid" hs, on cover with red printed frank to New York, cover torn with piece missing at top right, otherwise fresh and Very Fine (deserving of restoration) $ 300
1085 C Westerns and Territorials. Collection of 30 covers, incl. nice group of No. 10's and 11's and 26's used from Texas, some Express Company usages incl. J. Bamber & Co., Langton's, few later usages (1880's), some faults, many appear Fine-Very Fine, an eclectic and worthwhile group $ 1,000

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