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Storey County,NV - 1863-1967 - Postal History Group :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Storey County,NV - 1863-1967 - Postal History Group :
Lot of covers and cards. GOLD HILL (1862-1943): 6 covers 1865-1925, 4 diff. PM—one blue and an additional 2 Rec’d at Gold Hill—one also blue. 1893 is a cover corner. 1865 quite nice with bulls eye cancellation. 1925 w/contents. 8 cards, 1879-1913, 3 diff. PM including a blue cancellation. There are also 3 Gold Hill Rec’d. Random themes on cards. VIRGINIA CITY (1859-present): 31 covers, 1863-1959, 14 diff. PM. Most notable are 1864—or before—Nevada Territory cancellation, No Date blue waffle iron cancellation, 1872 Wells Fargo Express Frank blue cancellation, and 14 pre-1900 cancellations. One Rec’d PM. Advertisers are 1888 International Hotel, 1916 Owl Drug Co and Virginia City tourism. Commemorative covers include Mark Twain Birthday Anniv. (1935), Genoa Centennial (1851), and Virginia City Centennial (1859). 1885 contents with letter from a lawyer trying to secure testimony from a man in Forest City, CA, about his service in the Fourth Cavalry in 1861. 18 cards, 1888-1967, 3 diff. PM and 2 Rec’d PM. Only two pre-1900 cards. 4 Lake Tahoe and 1 VC scenes. Other general themes included.