Lot
3289 
Swift & Co's Express, Paid, printed rectangular frank on 3¢ red (U10) Nesbitt buff entire cancelled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Express, Petaluma" oval handstamp to San Jose Cal., F.-V.F. appearance, One of only four recorded examples of this Swift & Co's Express frank. Thomas No. SWI-002 Estimate $300 - 400.
E. Swift operated an express on the peninsula north of San Francisco. This operation ran from a base at Santa Rosa and followed present day highway 101 north to Cloverdale and possibly Ukiah. It also extended west from Santa Rosa to Bodega Bay area. This express connected with Wells Fargo at Petaluma and Santa Rosa.
Realized: $240