Sale 51: United States Postal History

Lot 1559    

Western Express Collection, 1853-1865, 16 covers, mostly used Wells, Fargo & Co. but including advertising with shaded gray Murphy Grant Dry Goods San Francisco to Watsonville; shaded salmon allover with black W.F.&Co.overprint with vertical company frank; Victoria, Vancouver Island with 6¢ small Queen; Wells, Fargo & Co./Sierra City dated oval Sept 4; blue Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Steamboat shield-shaped handstamp on 1853 3¢ Nesbitt docketed 1859 (piece of corner missing); Langton's Pioneer Express/Downieville, conjunctive usage on paste-up; Wells, Fargo & Co. Express / Angels on 3¢ pink entire with black company frank; oval dated Wells, Fargo & Co. / Nevada on 3¢ Nesbitt; several 10¢ green entires with red company frank; condition generally F-VF, please inspect (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $750

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Lot 1560    

Western Express Cover Balance, 19 items; includes Eureka Ex. Co. printed frank use, Jones & Russell's Pike Peak Express Co., Northern Pacific Express Co. frank on various entires, a Via Los Angeles four-horse illustrated stagecoach cover (stamp added), Reynolds & Co. Express oval, unused Wood & Co's Express frank entire, etc., a Fine group.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $850

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Lot 1561    

Western Express Covers, 1858-1892, group of 14 items, including Wells, Fargo & Co. Eureka, H.B. (Humboldt Bay) to Alameda County conjunctive with Bamber Express; Pacific Union Express Gold Hill Nev. to New York; PU Express Benicia to Vallejo; 1873 Bamber & Co's to San Francisco; 1867 Truman & Co's Santa Clara, Cal. to San Francisco; 1866 Hopkinson's Express to Nevada City, Cal; several Bamber & Co. conjunctive with WF, somewhat mixed condition, still attractive usages (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $700

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Lot 1562    

Western Express Covers. 1855-1889, 30 mostly Wells, Fargo & Co. usages, including 1870 Salt Lake City, 1891 San Francisco "Collect", 1858 Sac City on 3¢ Nesbitt; 6¢ paste-up to Schellburn, Nevada; green WF frank on 3¢ Nesbitt to San Francisco; Stockton, Marysville, Santa Rosa & Shasta both on 3¢ Nesbitt; 1888 El Paso postal; shaded allover on 2¢ brown entire unused; WF Victoria with 3¢ small Queen unused; condition mixed, interesting group (no photo).
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $425

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