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U.S. Covers - 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1243		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Berkeley, April 18, 1906, 3:30 P.M., Berkeley duplex on unpaid postcard, April 24 machine cancel tying 1902 1¢, to Cottonwood, CA, message on back "chimney a wreck, we are all right, S.F. burning", scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $460
Lot 1244		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Camp Ingleside, August 13, 1907, San Jose Aug 12, 1907 machine cancel on postcard, San Francisco Aug 12, 1907 receiving cancel, redirected to Camp Ingleside, seldom seen, Fine to Very Fine. Camp Ingleside was a relief camp for earthquake refugees. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1245		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Eureka, April 12, 1906, written aboard the S.S. Roanoke on April 12, 1906, entered mails at San Francisco April 16th without postage and sent to the Dead Letter Office with double circle postmark of April 17th, mailed again on May 6, 1906 and received in Pasadena May 7th, an amazing survivor of the fire after the earthquake, Very Fine. Earthquake occurred on April 18th and mail couldn't be cleared by P.O. for two weeks. Estimate $250-350. View details and photo	Realized $374
Lot 1246		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Fresno, April 4, 1906, machine cancel tying 2¢ to envelope, addressed to San Francisco, April 5 receiving cancel and violet General Delivery Apr 9, 1906 hs. on reverse, "Unclaimed", 2 boxed "Advertised Apr 23, 1906 and May 21, 1906, San Francisco, Cal. Due 1 Cent", 3 SUB in circle at right, nice quake related cover, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $403
Lot 1247		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Oakland, April 18, 1906, 10 A.M., machine cancel tying 1902 1¢ on S.F. postcard to Walla Walla, WA, message on back "Big earthquakes this morning, great damage done", very scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. One of the only Post Offices open the morning of the earthquake. This was postmarked less than 5 hours after the earthquake . Estimate $600-800. View details and photo	Realized $690
Lot 1248		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Oakland, April 18, 1906, 4 P.M., machine cancel tying 1902 2¢ on envelope to Sacramento, CA, letter details what happened in Oakland and San Francisco, cover reduced at right, scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. One of the only Post Offices open the morning of the earthquake. Estimate $400-600. View details and photo	Realized $748
Lot 1249		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Oakland, April 26, 1906, machine cancel on unpaid letter to Santa Barbara, slightly reduced at left and corner crease, Fine to Very Fine. Scarce without postage from Oakland. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1250		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 10, 1906, entered mails at San Francisco April 10th without postage and sent to the Dead Letter Office with double circle postmark of April 11th, earthquake occurred on April 18th and couldn't be cleared by P.O., mailed again on May 9, 1906 to Sheldon, IA, small tear on stamp, survivor of the fire after the earthquake, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 1251		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 18, 1906, 5 A.M., machine cancel tying 2¢ to cover, addressed to Stockton, CA, April 21 receiving cancel on reverse, corner card for State Savings and Commercial Bank on Market St., ms. "This was stamped 12 minutes before the earthquake, keep it Bet", a fabulous piece of history, very scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. Only cover we have seen mailed from San Francisco on the day of the earthquake. Estimate $1,000-1,500. View details and photo	Realized $1,495
Lot 1252		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 24, 1906, machine cancel, annotated "San Francisco", on unpaid letter, however only civilian mail could be so franked, the Post Office apparently missed the F.L. Heim Shoe Co. imprint at left, no postage due assessed, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $138
Lot 1253		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 24, 1906 to France, stampless cover with San Francisco machine cancel, oval hs. for Pierre Plaa, Broadway St., accessed postage due in New York with T in circle, 50c (2) adhesives applied in Gironde and canceled 11-6 06, nice Foreign usage during earthquake period, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 1254		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 25, 1906, machine cancel on unpaid letter to Los Angeles, "from San Francisco", due 2 cts. in purple and 2¢ (damaged) applied contrary to postal regulations for mail from San Francisco, back flap missing, enclosure describes earthquake, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $150
Lot 1255		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 26, 1906, machine cancel, without postage, to Los Angeles, not annotated "San Francisco No Stamps", so Due 2cts hs. in red, apparently not collected, Los Angeles Apr 27 receiving cancel, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 1256		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 26, 1906, machine cancel, annotated "from S.F.", on unpaid letter, Lundstrom Hat Works ms. at left, this should have been marked as postage due, Fine to Very Fine. Ex. Hearst, free franking was not allowed on commercial mail. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 1257		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 26, 1906, machine cancel on unpaid envelope, required ms. "from San Francisco", to Bellingham, WA, corner card of Balboa Hospital on McAllister St., great quake item, Fine to Very Fine. The city directory does not mention this hospital after 1906. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $173
Lot 1258		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April 29, 1906, machine cancel on locally created official business card, generated by Post Office to reply to inquiries about family members effected by the earthquake, note on reverse by employee "keep up courage", to PA May 13, small corner fault, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Realized $81
Lot 1259		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco, April (Late), 1906, "1" in manuscript on postcard to New Haven, Conn with 1¢ postage due (#J38), this is contrary to the P.O. instruction that mail from San Francisco did not have to have stamps, New Haven P.O., Fine to Very Fine. Disregarded the "1" of the manuscript postmark and collected the 1¢ anyway. Estimate $100-150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1260		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, San Francisco June 1, 1906, machine cancel on 2¢ entire (#U395) from California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Temporary Office 1921 Fillmore Street, to 1228 Jackson St., crossed out and marked with the very scarce "Burned out" in blue and pointing hand with "Returned to Writer", great piece, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 1261		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Collection Balance, 21 covers or cards, franked and unfranked, many mailed in April 1906, noted Due 4 cents on card mailed April 22nd with corner card of Shapro's Stationery on Fillmore St., April 24 S.F. cancel to Custom House Treasurer, New Post Office, City, Post Office business envelope used to respond to inquires about earthquake victims, April 20th from Berkeley with letter, Oakland Pier Apr 22nd postcard to England with notes on earthquake, some ephemera incl. SP Co. April 21, 1906 "pass the bearer to Oakland and return" ticket, great group, generally Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $719
Lot 1262		1906 San Francisco Earthquake, Postcards, 61 postcards, a few used incl. Salinas real photo of quake damage, postmarked April 19th, various scenes of damaged, fire, etc., plus 8 stereoviews of the aftermath, nice group, Very Good to Excellent. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $184

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