Lot
813 
Barlow, Sanderson & Co./C. & O. Coast Overland Mail Company/Principal Office,/Yreka, Cal., Printed corner card on cover to Jacksonville, Ore. with illustrated design showing Six Horse Stage on Mountain Road, Stage with "Overland U.S. Mail/B.S. & Co." imprint, cover franked with 3¢ green Bank Note tied by quartered cork cancels with Yreka, Ca. cds alongside, included is matching letterhead, "Doing a General Stage Business, Carring U.S. Mails and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express", cover with couple tears at top, F.-V.F., a spectacular & rare item. Estimate $500 - 750.
Established by Vermont men, Jared L. Sanderson and Bradley Barlow during the Civil War, the Barlow-Sanderson Overland Mail Company first carried the mail and operated a stage line between Sedalia and Warrensburg, Missouri and by 1863, was also operating a line from Kansas City, Missouri to Fort Scott, Kansas. In 1866, they began to expand westward and transferred their headquarters from Kansas City to Junction City, Colorado. By 1867, the two entrepreneurs had established a route from Missouri to California over the Santa Fe Trail and changed the name to the Barlow and Sanderson Company. The company continued to grow in Colorado, becoming the largest stage line in the area and in 1874, the headquarters moved to Granada, Colorado. Two years later, despite rumors of bribery and corruption within the company, the stage line continued to expand. However, by 1878, Bradley Barlow withdrew and the name of the company changed to J.L. Sanderson and Co. Overland Stage and Express Line.
Realized: $800