Lot
981 
(Wells Fargo & Co.) Ibis Gun Club, Drawbridge, Bwt. Goodyear & Teal Stations N.R.R., Solano Co., Cal., unusual violet address handstamp with messenger directive…Messenger Will Please Throw This Off As Train Passes Bridge Keeper's House, on San Francisco corner card cover paste-up, reverse with 2¢ brown entire canceled by purple "Wells, Fargo & Co, San Francisco, Nov 30, 1887" cds, black company frank; slight rough cover opening, Very Fine, one of two known examples of this unusual delivery notice, with copy of article from Western Express regarding the other cover (Dec 2006, B. Chandler - Wells Fargo's Service Is Just Ducky). Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $260