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Update Nov 12 2014, the few remaining unsold items have been moved into regular inventory here.
Ordering Information - Items that have grayed-our stock number and prices have been sold. Prices will remain online as a value guide and reference. Please email me to confirm availability and order by stock number.
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Via Cape Horn (to 1835): By ship around Cape Horn, a voyage of five to six months. Although this route took the longest time, there were frequent opportunities to send letters by whalers or trading ships leaving for California or returning home.
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#2034, [Pioneer Hawaii Letter, 1825], Honolulu, Hawaii August 20, 1825 dateline on folded letter Pr the Equator, Capt. Barney to Boston, entered the mails with oval "Nantucket Mass 2 Mo 7 Quaker dated postmark and manuscript "Sh 14 1/2" ship rate (12 1/2c postage plus 2c ship fee) postage due Letter of Levi Chamberlain (minister) regarding receipt of supplies from a New Bedford ship and other religious matters, an early letter carried around the Horn by a whaler. Prior to this date most letters from Hawaii to the United States were sent west from Hawaii via Canton, China rather than east and around the Horn.
The Ship Equator, Capt Barney, is reported
in newspapers as being in Edgartown, Mass. on
Feb, 5, 1826 being 121 days from Huahina (Society Islands) with a full
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#2035, [Pioneer Oregon Missionary Letter, 1840], Kamiah Oregon Territory, Aug 21, 1840 dateline on folded letter of Asa. B. Smith to Issac Goodsill in Connecticut, sent via Hawaii and around Cape Horn to Philadelphia, entered the mails with blue "Philadelphia Pa. Sep 30" (1841) postmark, matching "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "20¾" ship rate, red "New Haven Ct. Oct 2" transit cds, Rev. Asa B. Smith was a missionary to the Nez Perces tribe of Indians in Oregon Territory. He founded the Kamiah Mission in 1838, which was located in the narrow valley of the Clearwater River in current day Idaho. He maintained the mission only two years. The
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#2036, [Pioneer California Letter, 1842], St Diego, Alta California, May 17, 1842, Barque Tasso first dateline on folded letter to Sandwich, Massachusetts, second dateline St. Diego October 1, 1842, endorsed to the "Ship Alert" at bottom left, it entered the mails with red Boston May 5, 1843 postmark, Ship handstamp and manuscript 12 ship rate due, a fine early California use Personal letter of James Hastings, captain of the bark Tasso at San Diego, on October 1, 1842. The Alert left in December 1842, and arrived five months later in Boston on May 5, 1843 after a trip around the Horn. The Alert continued her long career until she was captured and burned by the CSS Alabama on September 9, 1862. Hastings letter includes directions on how to send a return letter to California utilizing the via Mexico route: Write to me direct Capt SJH Barque Tasso, Coast of Alta California Care of Don Frederico Becker (at) Mazatlan. Send it to Cozzens in New York (and) get him to pay 25cts postage and put it on board the Vera Cruz packet. |
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#2037, [Pioneer Oregon Letter, 1847], Oregon, November 11, 1847 dateline on folded letter of Raymond Tucker addressed to West Troy, new York, sent around Cape Horn and entered the mails with New York Ship 7 cts due postmark of August 6,1848 ex
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#2038, [Pioneer California Use, 1848], San Diego May 30, 1848, Capt Henry Lindsey docket on flap of folded cover from Appleton correspondence (Hide & Tallow trade), endorsed per ship Barnstable and addressed to Appleton in Boston, no postal markings ex
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#2039,
[Santa Barbara, California to London, 1830], January 24, 1830
folded Huth correspondence letter datelined, "California, Sa. Barbara"
and carried around Cape Horn to London with their FPO arrival backstamp
of August 2, 1830 ex
Myerson and Walske |
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#2040, [from Monterey, California, 1843], December 3, 1843 letter of T. Peterson datelined "Ship Admittance at Monterey" and addressed to Appleton & Co, Boston, entered the mails in Mexico with boxed "Franco Puerto De Mazatlan" and manuscript "Pd 4R" at top right, entered U.S. mails with New York Ship March 18 postmark and manuscript 27 rate The letter commences: By Mr. Larkin a resident of Monterey and going to the city of Mexico I forward this, being the same person by whom I I intended to have sent my Oct letter which is now on board the Barque at San Diego ... Larkin,
the U.S. consul in Monterey, carried this to Mazatlan, and placed it in
the Mexican mails, prepaid 4 reales. Accordingly, it was marked as
prepaid at the port of Mazatlan with a black “4” on the reverse.
At Vera Cruz, it was placed on the bark Eugenia that departed
February 27, 1844 for New York. It arrived on March 18, just three and
a half months after it was written. ex
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#2041, [to Monterey, California, 1844], Boston June 21, 1844 dateline on folded letter to William D. M. Howard, Ship Vandalia, Monterey, California, letter of B.T. Reed, red "Forwarded by Goodhue & Co New York oval backstamp, entered Mexican mails with boxed Vera Cruz August 5 postmark and "4" reales rate handstamp, scarce westbound use to California at this date ex
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#2042, [to Tashimakin, Oregon, 1844], letter is addressed to Mary Walker datelined at Carlisle, Pennsylvania on December 16, 1844. It was sent under cover to 200 Mulberry Street in New York City, where the American Board of Missionary Societies had offices. The missionary society then took this letter in a bundle to the New York post office to prepay postage to Vera Cruz. It was postmarked there on December 21, the date of departure for the ship Genius to Jamaica. The Royal Mail Steamship Co. ship Tay then left Kingston, Jamaica with this letter on January 3 and arrived in Vera Cruz on January 16. At Vera Cruz a forwarder arranged to have it sent under cover to Mazatlan, where it was placed on a ship for Oregon. This letter, along with others, was probably delivered to Tshimakain Mission on October 4, 1845 by Reverend Eels, who had collected them at the Waiilatpu Mission. ex
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#2043, [Larkin Handstamp, from Monterey, California, 1845], letter was a commercial report last datelined at Monterey on January 20, 1845 (first dateline is San Diego, December 16, 1844) and sent to Appleton & Co. in Boston. Mellus entrusted it to the American consul in Monterey, Thomas Larkin, who put his forwarding mark on the reverse and arranged to have it forwarded under cover to Mazatlan. It was likely carried by the American bark Quixote from Monterey to Mazatlan. In Mazatlan, it was forwarded without directly entering the Mexican mails, via the British Consuls at Mexico City and Vera Cruz. At Vera Cruz, it was placed onboard the HMS Eurydice, a most unusual circumstance of carriage by a British Navy vessel which was the result of British diplomats shuttling between Vera Cruz and New Orleans during the unrest over Texas. The Eurydice arrived at Balize, off New Orleans, on May 31, 1845 and newspapers report that private letters as well as official dispatches were off-loaded. This letter was postmarked at New Orleans on June 1 as a ship letter and was rated for 27 cents postage due being the two cent ship fee plus the 25 cent rate to Boston. In his letter Mellus gave some insight into the instability of the via Mexico route when he wrote, “We cannot expect letters from Mazatlan, as the only vessel to have come from there was a schooner now probably seized by the revolutionaries in that quarter." ex
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#2044, [Via Mott, Talbott, from San Diego, California, 1845],This letter was begun at sea on February 2, 1845 by John C. Bull, first officer on the ship Tasso, and completed at San Diego on March 2. He indicated in his letter that he expected the Tasso’s sister ship Barnstable to carry it on its return trip to the U.S., but as that ship had left San Diego over two months earlier, Bull routed the letter to Mazatlan instead. He commented about the Mexico “overland” route that, …the postage overland being so very Extravagant about $1 25cts per letter probably the next letter you receive will be in about 18 months from Date as the ship Admittance will not leave the coast til that time… The letter was endorsed to Mazatlan forwarder Scarborough & Co., but the successor firm of Mott Talbot & Co. (per their forwarder handstamp) arranged to get it to Vera Cruz, where it was postmarked “Franqueado Veracruz” on April 14. It was then carried by the schooner Creole that departed on April 22 and arrived at New Orleans on May 6 (only two months after being written). It was postmarked and rated for 52 cents double rate due, which included a 2 cents ship fee. The Tasso first arrived in San Diego on February 12, 1845 after a six-month voyage from Boston around Cape Horn. It was active in trading for Appleton & Co. along the California coast until it was sold at San Francisco on August 27, 1848. ex
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#2045, [from Honolulu, Hawaii, 1848], Letter dated from Honolulu, and carried via California and Mexico immediately following the U.S. – Mexican War and is a very late use of the Mexico route. The letter from the U.S. Consul Joel Turrill at Hawaii is addressed to Oswego, New York and dated Honolulu February 2, 1848, the same day that the treaty ending the war was signed at the Basilica of Guadalupe at Villa Hidalgo, Mexico. The letter begins “Mr. Jarves leaves in the morning for San Francisco & Mazatlan, & thence across the country for home.” Mr. James Jarves, the retiring editor of the newspaper Polynesian, departed Honolulu on the schooner Starling on February 4, 1848. After reaching Mazatlan this letter was carried overland to Vera Cruz where it entered the Mexican mails on May 15. It was then placed into the U.S. military post office at Vera Cruz where it received the “VERA CRUZ MEXICO MAY 17” boxed datestamp and rated ten cents postage due as a domestic letter. It was then carried by the propeller steamship McKim that departed Vera Cruz on May 17 and arrived at New Orleans on May 24, 1848. The McKim was not a contract mail steamer but rather a vessel that served as a mail, supply and troop transport steamer. ex
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#2001, [Earliest
San Francisco Postmark] folded letter datelined St. Frisco,
California, December 11, 1848 - mailed with 40¢ postage due Manuscript
San Francisco postmark was dated on March 15 expected departure
Peruvian bark Callao left March 19, 1849 with first US contract
mail via Panama USMSC Falcon carried letter from Chagres to New
York on June 19, 1849, the only reported example, ex Meier and
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#2015, [First
Through Mail to San Francisco Postmark] Dec 23, 1848 folded letter
from New York to San Francisco, orange red "New York Dec 25"
postmark and manuscript "40" due, carried by SS Isthmus
to Chagres and by PMSS California to San Francisco that arrived
February 28, 1849, the first through incoming mail to San Francisco $2,750 (sold) |
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#2002, [First Contract Sailing by a PMSS Steamship] San Francisco April 9, 1849 manuscript postmark on folded letter sent unpaid with 40¢ due, PMSC Oregon left April 12 - first contract sailing by a PMSS steamship, ex Jessup, Pearce and Walske Walske exhibit page here (top cover) $4,500 (sold) |
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#2003, San Francisco straight-line postmark with magenta June 20 date and 80¢ unpaid double rate on 1849 folded letter from San Francisco to Boston, Mass., carried by PMSS Panama left June 20 to Panama and by USMSC Falcon from Chagres to New York on August 17 Good letter of Edward Austin mentions: Enclosed you will find a small piece of gold that I dug - I sent a piece in Lucy's letter. Hope they will not steal the letters for the sake of the gold..... they charge here $1 for each piece of washing, then bag their shirts until they get 50 or 60 and then send them to the Sandwich Islands to be washed, saving 90c a piece by the operation. ... It is healthy I think up the Yuba River it is so far north. The mountains are so high on each side of the river you see the Sun but five hours in the day. The gold is mixed up with black sand like the kind we use on our writing desks. ... ex
Walske $3,000 (sold) |
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#2017,
[New York To California, 1849] New York Jul 7 (1849) postmark and encircled "40" red due
rate handstamp on folded cover addressed to John Bidwell, Suttersville,
Sacramento Vol., Upper California, pencil 1849 docket as from Thos
Bidwell, cover carried by USMSC Falcon to Chagres and by PMSS California
from Panama City to San Francisco John Bidwell laid out Suttersville with Capt Sutter in 1846 $500 (sold) |
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#2004, San Francisco straight-line postmark with magenta Aug 1 date and 40¢ unpaid rate on June 19, 1849 folded letter from San Francisco to New York, carried by PMSS California left August 1 to Panama and USMSC Empire City to New York on September 13 Good letter of J. Laurence DeGoan on mostly religious matters mentions: Bro. W. and his estimable Lady are zealously laboring to build up the cause of the Redeemer in this land where it would seem thousands have raised an altar and inscribed upon it the blazing characters "Gold" and the devotees of the Idol seem to have chained themselves to the car. The acquisition of gold brings an accumulation of other vices, gambling, drinking and sabbath breaking prevail to an alarming and dreadful extent. .. ex
Jessup, Pearce and Walske $3,500 (sold) |
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#2005, San Francisco August 1, 1849 circular date stamp (first day of use) postmark on 1849 folded cover to London, double-weight unpaid with 80¢ due, earliest reported letter to England from San Francisco, via Panama and, Cunard steamer Niagara left New York September 19 for England, America Liverpool OC 2 1849 entry backstamp, 5 shillings 4d due, ex Walske Walske exhibit page here (lower cover) $2,500 (sold) |
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#2018, [Steamship Empire City], bold two line "Empire City" red handstamp on cover to San Francisco, pencil note on back that letter was dated New York September 15, 1849, The Empire City Line steamer Empire City departed New York on that date, the cover was then carried by PMSS steamer Panama that arrived San Francisco on October 1, 1849, San Francisco boxed "40" rate handstamp and magenta manuscript "Paid" above, the only reported example of the name of ship handstamp ex Knapp, Pearce and Walske $7,500 (sold) |
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#2006, Per Str Columbus red straight line directive on June 8, 1850 folded cover to New York, matching San Francisco, California June 11 postmark and "40" due handstamp, red "paid" crossed out at left, minor ink erosion to left of address, faint crease at top, ex Somdal, "Chicago," and Walske The use of this handstamp by San Francisco postmaster served to authorize carriage by non-contract George Law Line steamer Columbus, first trip of two that the straight line marking was used. $2,500 (sold) |
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#2019, [New York & Chagres Steam Ship Route Agent] cover addressed to San Jose, U. California with "Chagres & N. York S.S. Jul 23" postmark and manuscript "40" due rate, this route agent postmark was applied by agent Bannister Midgett on his trip on the USMSC Georgia that departed New York City on July 13, 1850, after Panama transit the cover was carried on the PMSS steamer Panama that arrived San Francisco August 23, 1850, the only reported example ex
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#2007, [Panama & San Francisco Steam Ship Route Agent] July 24, 1850 folded letter datelined Sacramento July 24 1850, letter likely posted at wharf bag for PMSS California that departed San Francisco on December 15, 1850, "Pan & San Fran S.S. Dec 23" postmark, by USMSC Falcon Chagres January 12 and arrived January 24 in New York, where "40" due handstamp was applied, cover minor edge stains Letter of C. Joslin Mentions: I have been to work in the mines since the 1st of May have done very well.. I have come to this city to buy goods to take to the mines. I can make more at that than I can at mining but I shall make enough at any thing to pay you with good interest. the emigrants are coming in so fast that the mines are full and they have got to live .. ex
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#2021, New York 40cts Paid orange red Sep 28 datestamp (attached Paid) on 1850 folded letter endorsed per steamer "Philadelphia" and addressed to San Francisco letter of Meyer & Stucken mentions: Gold is worth here pr oz from $16 to 17.65 for Calif. Gold .. the best California Gold uis undoubtedly the feather River Gold which generally yields $18 per Oz at the mint. Freight p Express includ. Insurance 8% California Gold Coin loses about 4% here ex Jessup, Pearce and Walske $350 (sold) |
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#2022, [First Trip 6c Rate], New York 6cts Paid orange red Jul 11 datestamp (attached Paid) on 1851 cover to Robert Carrington, San Francisco, original letter from his brother John urging his return from California, docketed as received from the PMSS "Panama" at left ex Walske $350 (sold) |
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#2024, [Belgium via RMSP to California, 1852], small cover with red Binche May 7 1852 origin postmark, boxed "PP" handstamp and prepaid "14" decimes (manuscript on reverse), via Great Britain with London Paid May 10, 1852 transit, by RMSP Magdelena from Southampton on May 17, 1852 to St. Thomas, from St Thomas by RMSP Trent to Chagres, then by PMSS steamer Oregon departing June 11 and arriving in San Francisco June 27, 1852, an exceptional use via RMSP to Chagres, flap backed with paper in raised position ex Van der Linden and Walske $500 (sold) |
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#2023, [France via RMSP to California, 1852], folded letter from La Barthe de Neste, France on June 24, 1852 addressed to San Jose, California, "15" decimes manuscript on reverse, Paris transit and boxed "PD" handstamps, via Great Britain with London Paid June 28, 1852 transit, by RMSP service to San Francisco, a scarce use via RMSP via Chagres ex Walske $250 (sold) |
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#1680, [Noisy Carriers] San Francisco (July 1, 1853) to Oakdale, Pennsylvania deposited in Noisy Carrier's letter bag and delivered by them to San Francisco Post Office, small "NOISY CARRIERS PUBLISHING HALL / 77 LONG WHARF SAN FRANCISCO / CHARLES F. KIMBALL PROPRIETOR" handstamp, two copies 3c dull red (#11, left stamp damaged before affixing), fewer than five reported examples of this three line handstamp ex Haas, Vogel, Walske and Schaefer (page here) $2,500 |
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#2008, [12c Bisect Accepted], 12c Black 1851 Issue bisect (#17a) prepaying 6¢ postage tied to 1853 folded letter to Boston by "San Francisco, Cal Aug 16" postmarks, by PMSS Winfield Scott to Panama, by USMSC Illinois from Aspinwall arriving New York on September 10 Letter of T.R. & J.S. Bacon (with their firm's oval backstamp), mentions: We notice the arrival of the Clippers "Flying Cloud" & "Hornet" which vessels are said to have sailed together the "Flying Cloud" beating the "Hornet" only 1 hour in a passage of 105 days.
ex Jessup, Pearce and Walske $4,500 (sold) A shortage of 3¢ stamps at San Francisco led to the use of bisected 12¢ stamps to pay the 6¢ rate in May-September 1853. In September 1853, bisects were prohibited in the East. This notice reached San Francisco in October. |
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#2009, [12c Bisect Not Accepted], 12c Black 1851 Issue bisect (#17a) tied to 1853 cover to Hudson, NY by "San Francisco, Cal Sep 16" postmark, by PMSS John L. Stephens to Panama, by USMSC Illinois from Aspinwall arriving New York on October 10 where it was marked 10c postage due ex
Walske $3,250 (sold) A shortage of 3¢ stamps at San Francisco led to the use of bisected 12¢ stamps to pay the 6¢ rate in May-September 1853. In September 1853, bisects were prohibited in the East. This notice reached San Francisco in October. |
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#1683, [Wreck of the PMSS Steamer Winfield Scott], red two line purser handstamp "Steamer Winfield Scott" on cover to Ellisburgh, New York, originated with "Mokelumne Hill Cal Nov 23 (1853)" postmark and red "Paid 6" rate handstamp, carried on last trip of the steamer that was lost in fog off Anacapa Island and wrecked on December 1, 1853, this cover recovered from the wreck of the steamer without the usual water soaking, the finest reported example, illustrated in Letters of Gold, page 95 ex Jarrett, Walske and Schaefer $8,000 (sold) |
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#2025, [to Fort Yuma by Colorado River Steamer], Du Barry correspondence cover (August 2, 1854) with pair 3c dull red (#11) tied by blue Bethlehem, PA postmark to cover Lieut. Du Barry, care of Major Cross, Qr. Master USA at San Francisco, forwarded from San Francisco with magenta address correction to Du Barry at Fort Yuma, carried under special military contract by steamer on the Colorado River ex Walske $4,000 (sold) |
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#2010, [Noisy Carriers, Letter Bag Operator], "Forwarded Via Independent Line Ahead of Every Thing From Noisy Carriers San Francisco," fancy green handstamp on cover to Maine, carried by Independent Line steamer Uncle Sam from San Francisco August 31, 1854 to Panama, sent by the George Law from Panama that arrived in New York on September 26, 1854, pair 3c dull red (#11) postmarked upon entry into mails at New York ex
Knapp, Pollard, Haas, Jarrett and Walske $9,500 (sold) |
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#1682, Copley & Co's Miners'
Express red ornamented oval handstamp on 10c Green Nesbitt entire
used to Sempronius, New York, entered the mails with blue Marysville,
California Feb 4 "Paid By Stamps" postmark and with matching grid
cancel tying indicia, six recorded examples of this red handstamp
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#2026, [Canada 1852 Issue 9d rate to California] three singles Canada 1852 issue 3d red on thin wove paper (SG #6) used on mourning cover to Texas Hill, California, Toronto Feb 5 1856 postmark, Montreal transit backstamp, manuscript "15" cents exchange, the only reported example of this use, BPS and Vincent Green certs, a world class rarity ex
Wilkinson, Kramer and Walske Price on Request (sold) |
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#2013,[Noisy Carriers, Letter Bag Operator], "By The Mail Steamer From Noisy Carrier's" fancy scroll handstamp on cover to Pennsylvania, 1c Blue (#9) tied with 3c Dull Red strip (#11) by San Francisco, Cal Dec 5 (1857) postmark, carried by the PMSS Golden Age to Panama, carried by USMSC Northern Light from Aspinwall to New York ex Knapp, Jessup, Haas, Grunin, Pearce Jarrett and Walske PF cert $12,500 (sold) |
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#2014,
Via Panama Steamer illustrated envelope incorporating a
directive, Published by Randal & Co, Marysville imprint, used to
Almont, Michigan, Timbuctoo Aug 29 (1860) datestamp corrected to
"30" in manuscript and a second postmark of Aug 30, manuscript
"ad 1c" advertised one cent due at Almont, carried by PMSS Golden
Age that departed San Francisco on Sep 1, 1860 $4,000 (sold) |
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#2053, [H.M.S. Ganges,The Pig War] cover to Connecticut with 10c Green (#35) endorsed "Pr Steamer H.M.S. 'Ganges' Via San Francisco," the HMS Ganges, which had been involved with the "Pig War" on San Juan Island the previous year departed Victoria on September 8, 1860 and arrived in San Francisco on September 21, this cover entered mails without ship fee (no fee was due to Captain of foreign Naval vessels), San Francisco Sep 27 1860 postmark in error as it was carried overland on the September 28 departure (next steamer departure was October 1), cover reduced very slightly at right ex
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#2027, 1861 Naples to San Francisco, Naples 1858 issue three denomination franking (2g, 5g and two copies 20g) used on cover to C.M. Hitchcock in San Francisco, boxed "Annullato" cancels, Naples February 9, 1861 origin postmark red "Sicilies Marseilles" French entry, red "Am Service" and red "Boston Paid 15 Mar 2" French Mail treaty entry, correct 47 grana French Mail rate, carried by French packet Cephise to Marseille - Allan liner Canadian II to Portland - closed mail to Boston The 1857 France-US Treaty had eliminated the US transcontinental 5¢ surcharge on French mails, signed A. Diena ex Kramer and Walske |
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The Louisiana Tehuantepec Company (LTC) obtained a twice-monthly mail contract between New Orleans and Acapulco via the Mexican isthmus between Minatitlan and Tehuantepec. The service was to be performed by steamers between New Orleans and Minatitlan, Mexico by river steamers to Suchil, by spring wagons to Tehuantepec. Upon reaching the Pacific, mails were turned over to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for carriage from Acapulco to San Francisco. The first steamer departed New Orleans on October 27, 1858 and the mails arrived at San Francisco 18 days later. The first eastbound trip departed San Francisco on November 5, 1858 and the mails reached New Orleans on November 21, 1858. The last eastbound trip arrived in New Orleans on October 10, 1859. Although
the route was somewhat faster than the via Panama route between San
Francisco and New Orleans, postmaster general Holt decided not to
renew the contract after reviewing the expense of $250,000 against
receipts of only $5,276. Letters had to be inscribed “Via
Tehuantepec” for carriage over this route. Surviving eastbound
letters outnumber westbound letters by a ratio of three to one. There
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#2030, Via Tehuantepec manuscript sender's directive on 10c Green Nesbitt entire to Mrs. Edwin Stanton at Washington, D.C., San Francisco Cal Dec 20 1858 origin postmark, PMSS steamer J.L. Stephens to Acapulco departed December 28, 1860, by LTC steamer Quaker City to New Orleans, addressed in the hand of Edwin Stanton, five reported 10c entires used eastbound on this route ex
Walske $3,750 (sold) |
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#2031, Via Tehuantepec manuscript sender's directive on cover to Vermont with 10c Green (#32) tied by Yankee Jims May 4 (1859) origin postmark, carried by PMSS steamer Golden Gate to Acapulco May 13 and by LTC steamer Coatzacoalcos to New Orleans May 20 ex
Walske (sold) |
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#2032, Westbound Via Tehuantepec manuscript sender's directive on scarce East to West use, quadruple rate folded cover addressed to San Francisco, pair and two singles 10c Green (#33, scissors separated) tied by New Orleans, Louisiana March 11 1859 postmarks, carried by LTC steamer Quaker City that departed March 12 and arrived March 15 in Minatitlan - overland to Tehuantepec and by PMSS steamer Oregon to Acapulco on March 21, by PMSS steamer Golden Age to San Francisco on March 29, the finest of only three westbound uses that were carried on the full route ex
Kramer and Walske (sold) |
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On July 14, 1851, the Vanderbilt Independent Line began a twice-monthly service between New York and San Francisco via the isthmus of Nicaragua. It had no mail contract, so letters carried by the line were posted in the arrival ports. The Walker military expedition to Nicaragua closed all traffic across the isthmus in March 1856, and ended this steamship route via Nicaragua.
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#2010, Leland - Via Nicaragua Ahead of the Mails, greenish boxed handstamp on cover to Clinton, New York, pair 3c dull red (#11) tied by New York Ship Oct 10" postmark, cover carried outside the mails from San Francisco by Vanderbilt steamer Brother Jonathan that departed September 1, 1853, arrived San Juan del Sur on September 15 and after carriage across Nicaragua to San Juan del Norte, departed on Vanderbilt steamer Star of the West on October 1 and arrived in New York on October 9, 1853, fewer than five of the Leland markings are reported ex
Grunin and Walske $3,750 (sold) |
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#2056, [Steamer Algoma Wreck], Wreck cover carried by steamer Algoma from Fort Laramie (now Wyoming) to St. Louis, after the disaster on the Algoma at St Louis, the cover entered the mails with their straight line "Steam 10" handstamp, and label on reverse: Recovered from wreck of steamer ALGOMA, burned at the wharf at St. Louis, on the morning of 29th July, 1849. Said boat had a large California mail - a large portion of which was entirely destroyed. Jno. M. Wimer, P.M. pencil 1849 docket at left, cover shows fire damage, two reported examples three contemporary newspaper clips are compiled in pdf file here ex
Liuzzi and Walske $15,000 (sold) |
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