Overview of the Collection
Scope and Contents
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Overview of the Collection
Title: California Republic sesquicentennial, 1846-1996 envelope set
Date (inclusive): 1996
Identification: SPC.00030
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
1 document folder (31 x 25 cm)
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Repository:
Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library
725 Third Street
Santa Rosa, CA,
Abstract: The collection contains six commemorative, stamped and canceled envelopes celebrating the California Republic sesquicentennial
anniversary in 1996. Envelopes include: Bear Flag Sequicentennial Committee, with Bear Flag raising ceremony in the Sonoma
Plaza illustration; Mariano Guadelupe Vallejo, with Lachryma Montis (Vallejo's Sonoma home) illustration; Sum-Yet-Ho (Solano),
Chief of Suysunes tribe; Bear Flag creation at Sonoma Barracks; John C. Frémont and the "Bear Flag" Battalion, June 14, 1846;
and raising of the 28-star flag of the United States at the Sonoma Plaza. Stanps were canceled June 14, 1996 at the Sonoma
Plaza Station, Sonoma, California.
Scope and Contents
Commemorative, stamped and canceled envelopes celebrating the California Republic sesquicentennial anniversary in 1996.
Arrangement of the collection
Alphabetical.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.
Geographic Terms
California--History -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
California--Centennial celebrations, etc.
Genre and Format Terms
Postage stamps
First day covers
Envelopes
Commemoratives
Archival materials
Important Information for Users of the Collection
Conditions Governing Access:
Access Information
Conditions of Use
Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes
that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its
copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws
of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and
reuse information at
https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo
[Identification of item], California Republic sesquicentennial, 1846-1996, commemorative envelope collection, 1996. SPC.00030,
History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA.
Gift: donor unknown,
2014?