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From the California Gold Rush era, printed on "necessity paper"...
From the California Gold Rush era, printed on "necessity paper"...
Item # 715723
July 05, 1852
DAILY ALTA CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, July 5, 1852 This is a very early newspaper from California, just 14 months after statehood was achieved.
Page 1 contains news and ads, with almost the entirety of pages 2, 3 & 4 are taken up with advertisements. This reflects the tremendous growth of Northern California during the Gold Rush era.
This issue is particularly unusual in that it is printed on brown wrapping paper, which we call "necessity paper" in the hobby. Such paper is non-typical newsprint used when the normal supply of paper is not available, usually due to weather or transportation issues. it usually affected smaller towns in remote areas where weather & transportation were seasonal problems, although any interruption in the normal scope of commerce could result in such a newspaper, a delight for today's collectors.
Complete in 4 pages, never bound nor trimmed with wide margins, sight close-trimmed to a portion of the top of page 2 but no loss of text. This issue is in surprisingly very nice condition.
Category: The Old West
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