Lot
1523 
(Oregon Expresses) Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express From Jacksonville Ogn., orange label with manuscript town and state folded over and affixed to the top of legal-size money package endorsed "Collect Charges, Value $40.00, L.T. Notes" (Legal Tender Notes) and addressed to a "Private Thos. Lynch" "Care of The Commanding Officer Co. B, 3rd Art." at Fort Point in San Francisco, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, a wonderful express money package use to a rare military location, ex-Hackett. Estimate $300 - 400.
Fort Point was garrisoned with two companies of the Third Artillery following the onset of the Civil War in 1861. United States Notes, also called Legal Tender Notes and the second American currency popularly known as "greenbacks," were first issued in 1862.
Realized: $270