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Sacramento,CA - 1859 - Sacramento Cover And Promissory Notes :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
Sacramento,CA - 1859 - Sacramento Cover And Promissory Notes :
Pictorial cover: six horses pulling freight wagon addressed "property of C. T. Wheeler." One promissory note in the amount of two hundred dollars, Sacramento October 30th, 1859. Second promissory note in the amount of $250, Sacramento, October 28th, 1859. Interest at 2 1/2 percent per month. Condition: good. Provenance: Barkhausen 1955 lots 27 & 28.

Louis Henry Barkhausen (1877-1962) was a stamp collector who specialized in the collection and study of American postal stationery. When he disposed of his collection in 1955, he broke the collection into two parts. One part he donated to the Philatelic Foundation for their reference collection, and the second part he auctioned with H.R. Harmer, Inc. The sale took two years bringing spectacular prices.