Lot
3205 
Langton's Pioneer Express, printed frank on 3¢ red (U10) buff Nesbitt entire cancelled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Nevada." oval to Negro Hill, pencil "Nov. 26. 1856" at left; edge faults, Fine. Thomas No. LAN-008 Estimate $200 - 300.
Negro Hill was located near Mormon Island. A man named Kelsey, an African-American from Massachusetts and a Methodist minister along with other Black miners rediscovered the diggins in 1849. Together, these men established a community of African-American, Caucasian, Chinese, and Portuguese miners that were to grow as large as 400 persons by 1855.
Realized: $200