Calaveras County, CA (76 items)

CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

 

76 items 

Established: February 18, 1850

County seat: San Andreas

1900 population: 11,200

 

A handsome collection with some hard-to-find postmarks.

 

Altaville  (1904-1975) 1910 4-bar on post card

Angels Camp  1907 duplex on post card; 1914? duplex on cover; 1938 machine cancel on cover

Post card: 1931 Jumping Frog Contest, M.E. Johnson photo [modern card, Continental]

Arnold  1963 4-bar on post card; 1985 4-bar double-struck on unaddressed cover

Post card:  Meadow Mont Lodge

Avery  1963 4-bar on cover

Post card:  Avery Hotel [recent]

Bear Valley RB (Arnold)  1987 4-bar (“Arnold CA” struck poorly) on unaddressed cover

Big Trees  (1865-1943) 1914 4-bar on post card, view of ladder on fallen tree  

Post cards: set of 7 reproductions of early hand-drawn scenes; 2 reproductions of early autos and drive-through trees; entrance to Park [chrome]  

Stereo view: ladder on fallen Big Tree

Burson  1956 4-bar on Postal card announcing meeting of “Azalia Chapter No. 77, O.E.S.”; 1985 4-bar on cover

Camanche  (1864-1962) 1939 4-bar on cover; 1962 4-bar on cacheted LD cover

Camp Connell RS (Arnold)  1966 4-bar on cover

Post cards: road scene [B&W, creased]

Campo Seco  (1854-1966) 1960 4-bar on cover

Campo Seco RB  1988 4-bar on cover

Copperopolis  1986 4-bar on cover

Dorrington  (1902-1934) readable 1907 cds with target killer on post card

Douglas Flat  (1879-1966) 1912 4-bar on post card; 1939 4-bar on cacheted cover & 1 1/2¢ stamp; 1966 4-bar on 3x5 card

Douglas Flat RB  1986 4-bar on cover

Esmerelda  (1887-1943) 1910 Doane? as receiving mark on post card from Oakland

Gwinmine  (1870-1910) 1908 4-bar on cover

Hathaway Pines  1949 4-bar on 3x5 card; 1985 4-bar on cover

Jenny Lind  (1857/1951) 1913 4-bar on cover; 1951 4-bar on LD Postal card

Melones  (1902/1942) 1938 4-bar on cover

Milton  1914 4-bar on post card

Mitchell Mill  1955 4-bar on LD cacheted cover, PM autograph

Mokelumne Hill  1898 cds on cover; poor 1911 cds on post card;1959 duplex on cover

Mountain Ranch  1930s 4-bar on cover; 1985 4-bar on cover

Murphy  1907 Doane on cover (the “s” was added in 1935)

Murphys  1963 duplex on cover  

Post cards:  Street scene 1950s [chrome]; Murphys Hotel 1930s [chrome]

Railroad Flat  1986 4-bar on cover

San Andreas  1938 Registered cover, corner “Joe W. Zwinge, Sheriff,” Angels Camp Registered round dater on back

Sheepranch  1959 4-bar on cover; 1966 4-bar on cover; 1977 4-bar on cacheted Centennial of p.o. cover

Vallecita  (1854-1940) 1906 Doane backstamp on cover from San Jose

Vallecito  1961 4-bar on Postal card; 1986 4-bar on cover

Valley Springs  1907 duplex as rec’d mark on post card from Stockton; 1911 duplex on post card

Wallace  1909 4-bar as forwarding mark on post card to Jenny Lind; 1963 4-bar on cover; 1985 4-bar on cover

West Point  1889 cds & target killer on cover; 1962 machine cancel on cover

White Pines  (1940-75) 1953 4-bar on cover

Wilseyville  1986 4-bar on cover

MAP of Calaveras Co. and Its Communities issued by Calaveras Title Co. (1978)

Miscellaneous: Calaveras Co. Historical Museum brochure

Ironstone Vineyards brochure

Calaveras Big Trees Association bookmark