Lot 3291
Paid Over, Thompson & Co's & Wells, Fargo & Co's California Routes, printed frank on 3¢ red (U10) buff Nesbitt entire to San Francisco Cal., docketed "$200" at bottom left, ex Dale-Lichtenstein.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY FIVE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS CONJUNCTIVE THOMPSON & CO'S AND WELLS FARGO FRANK, ONE OF WHICH IS IN THE WILTSEE COLLECTION.
E.B. Thompson ran a small operation from Petaluma to Santa Rosa, and on to Healdsburg Cal. He connected with Wells Fargo at Santa Rosa and acted as a feeder route for them.
Realized: $1,700