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California Mission Postcard Collection (300) [146858]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 900.00 USD
California Mission Postcard Collection (300)  [146858]
SOLD
300.00USD+ (75.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Apr 21 @ 13:03UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of approx. 300 postcards depicting Spanish missions throughout California. Collection consists of the following: Pioneer Cards - 2, one colored, showing bells of San Gabriel mission, unused/undated, issued by US government , Jefferson 1-cent stamp indicates date of 1894 - RARE!! and in excellent condition, other has b&w photo of San Miguel mission, no stamp, unused, c. 1872 - 1898; Private Mailing Cards - 10, color images of various missions on front, all state on back Authorized by Act of Congress of May 19, 1898, 7 postmarked 1904 - 1905, other 3 unused; Undivided Back Cards - 47 including 1 leather card, postmarks from 1903 - 1907; Real Photo Cards (RPCs) - 99, only 10 used w/postmarks dating from 1910 - 1954; Split Backs - 141, only 23 used/postmarked, dates from 1907 - 1930s w/1956 and 1997 included; and Ephemera - 7, including 6 playing cards w/mission images, 1913 - 1915, and one small b&w photo. Note: CA missions were founded by Spanish Franciscan Padres from 1769 - 1823. Twenty one missions -- San Diego (earliest) up to Sonoma (1823) -- were built approx. one horseback-riding day apart and connected by the historic El Camino Real -- "The King's Highway" -- now US Hwy 101. City: State:California Date: