The "Erivan" Collection of Western Postal History

red design with Zeus sitting on globe on yellow envelope (ASCC 268), blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Austin, N.T. Jul 11" oval, small tear, otherwise very fine

illustrated steamship directive with "Geo. H. Bell, Stationery, 153 Montgomery St. San Francisco" imprint, 10c Green (35) tied by "Folsom City Cal Apr 1861" double circle datestamp to cover to Oswego, New York, very fine and attractive

datestamp on 10c Green Nesbitt entire to Galveston, Texas, endorsed "Via Tehuatepec", carried by PMSS's J.L. Stephens to Acapulco and then by LTC's Habana from Minatitlan to New Orleans, left edge repaired, very fine appearance

two-line wavy handstamp on cover with 10c Green (32) tied by indistinct "Santa Clara Cal." datestamp, addressed to Mr. Frederic Brimblecom in Ogle County, Illinois, light edge wear, very fine strike and cover, the only recorded example of this marking, an extraordinary Overland Mail cover, illustrated in Letters of Gold (page 248)

four horse stagecoach printed directive on cover to Hanover, New Hampshire, franked with pen-cancelled 10c Green (35) and entering the mails with manuscript "Woodside Cal Sep 24" postmark, very fine and choice, 1988 Philatelic Foundation Certificate

hand-colored illustrated four-horse stagecoach directive on cover to Long Green, Maryland, 10c Green (35) tied by blue Marysville, California integral rate datestamp, extremely fine and beautiful cover, ex-Grunin, signed Ashbrook

rebus with train and mountain illustration on cover to Lena, Illinois, "Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, 146 Montgomery St." imprint, manuscript "Paid 10 Cts" and San Leandro datestamp, small edge faults, very fine and scarce

illustrated lettersheet depicting four scenes: "Going In To It", "Making Something", "Making Nothing", and "Going Out Of It", "Lith & Published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts. S.F." imprint, small blue handstamp for "Noisy Carrier's Publishing Hall, 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Charles P. Kimball, Proprietor", trivial splitting along the folds, very fine and attractive

cornercard on cover from New York City to London, England, franked with pair of 2c Black (73) and pair of 10c Green (68), all tied cork cancels, pink all-over advertising on reverse for Idaho and Nevada silver and California and Canada gold, small repairs throughout, exploded for display, very fine appearance, a striking mining advertising cover 
 
exploded to show all-over design on reverse from the DeLery Gold Mining Company,...

manuscript postmark on canvas pouch addressed to Lisbon, Maine, franked with two strips of five 3c Dull red and two strips of five 10c Green, each with neat pen cancel, small faults to be expected, an extraordinary postal relic, this pouch would have been sewn around a metal cigarette box containing gold nuggets circa 1855, the postage of $1.30 would pay for 6½ ounces (at a rate of 10c per half-ounce

red oval datestamp (ADA-101m) on cover to Athens, New York, entered the mails with black "New-York 5Cts. Aug 12" integral rate datestamp, light staining, very fine and attractive

blue handstamp (ADA-102a) on cover to Sacramento, California, light edge wear, very fine, just three examples recorded by Thomas