Lot 3310
Wells, Fargo & Co., San Francisco, Sep 1, blue oval datestamp cancels 3¢ pink (U59) buff entire to Puebla, Nevada Territory, "Advertised" straightline, manuscript "I guess at Peubla Mines" at bottom right and "Try Humboldt Mines" and finally back to San Francisco with "San Francisco Cal, Advertised, Dec 8" backstamp; reduced slightly at left, Fine well-traveled Wells Fargo use.Estimate $200 - 300.
The Puebla Road Mill & Mining Company was incorporated February 20, 1864. This was addressed to Nevada Territory, which did not become a state until October 31, 1864.
Realized: $160