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CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1879 - Bodie House Letterhead

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1879 - Bodie House Letterhead
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Letter and cover, addressed to Mrs. S.A. Wilbur, Belvidere, Illinois. Postmarked June 12, 1879, with three 1-cent U.S. postage stamps, measures 5 1/2" x 3". Letter on lined paper measuring 8" x 11". Letterhead form "Office of Bodie House, William A. Johnson, Proprietor. Datelined Bodie, June 12, 1879. The noted, signed by AHW, is addressed to his mother. The writer is looking for work, and it "has been raining hard all the time since I came here." Vertical watermark on paper is an image of a crown, with "Crown Legborn Linen" printed below it.