Lot 3068
(Wells, Fargo & Co.) Tipton & Burtt, Groceries, Liquors & Provisions, Red Bluff, gray shaded ad on two overlapping 1864, 3¢ pink entires used as paste-ups on legal size entire, addressed to Yreka and canceled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Red Bluff" oval date stamp, black company franks at left, Very Fine, a very rare express usage of a shaded ad.Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $425
Lot 3069
(Wells, Fargo & Co.) Vallejo Savings & Commercial Bank, Vallejo, Cal., tan shaded ad with "London & San Francisco Bank., San Francisco, Cal." crossed out, on 1870 3¢ green entire to Nevada City, Cal., canceled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Vallejo, Aug 10" oval date stamp, black company frank at left, Very Fine.Scott No. U82 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $290
Lot 3070
(Wells, Fargo & Co.) W.W. Dodge & Co., Groceries, Provisions, San Francisco, peach shaded ad with Britton & Rey imprint at lower left, on 1870, 3¢ green entire to Stockton, canceled by light blue oval date stamp, black company frank at left, Very Fine.Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $180
Lot 3071
(Wells, Fargo & Co.) Warm Springs Hotel, W. Redding & Co. (Alameda), tan illustrated ad design on 1864, 3¢ pink entire to Gold Hill, Nevada, blue "J. Bamber Express, S.F., Jul 11" cds and same day "Wells, Fargo & Co., San Francisco" oval date stamp for carriage to Nevada, black company frank at left; small cover tear at top, Very Fine and attractive, ex-Kramer.Estimate $500 - 750.
Warm Springs did not have a Wells Fargo office until the 1870's whereas this cover dates from the decade before. Lithographed Wells Fargo envelopes from towns that did not have Wells Fargo offices are highly unusual.
Realized: $625
Lot 3072
(Wells, Fargo & Co.) Whittier, Fuller & Co., French & Belgian Plate Glass, S.F. - Sacramento, green illustrated shaded ad showing Envelope Facsimile, on 1874, 3¢ green entire to Los Angeles, canceled by indistinct blue oval handstamp, black company frank at left, Very Fine.Scott No. U159 Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $260
Lot 3073
(Wells, Fargo & Co.) Wooster, Shattuck & Co., Commission Merchants, San Francisco, tan shaded ad on uncanceled 1870, 3¢ green entire to Stockton, Cal., black company frank at left, 1875 docketing on reverse, Very Fine.Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $110
Lot 3074
(Wells, Fargo & Co.) Wooster, Shattuck & Co., Commission Merchants, San Francisco, gray allover shaded ad design on 1874, 3¢ green entire to Stockton, canceled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., San Francisco, Oct 19" oval date stamp, black company frank at left, Very Fine.Scott No. U159 Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $120
Lot 3075
Wells, Fargo & Co. Shaded Ad Entires, reference balance of 25 1853-74 3¢ entires; an array of designs with many scarce, including Union Hotel illustrated (Nevada City, Nev.) showing Hotel View, Nye & Co. - Diamonds, Watches & Jewelry (Virginia, Nevada), N. Pierce - Shipping Merchant (San Francisco) uprated usage to Plymouth, Mass., Adolphe LeMarie - Dry Goods, etc. (Indian Gulch), I.O.O.F. Grand Lodge of California, etc.; condition mixed, Fine appearance.Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $1,350