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279 
Wells Fargo & Co. Express/Nevada. red oval handstamp on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Sacramento with scarce wood block company frank, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $170
Lot
280
Wells Fargo & Co. Express/Ophir. Blue oval handstamp with matching "Free" in double oval on buff cover to Gold Hill, postmarked blue "Marysville, Cal./5" integral rate cds, missent to Auburn with their cds & manuscript "missent" endorsement, carried by Wells, Fargo & Co. from Ophir to Gold Hill, Very Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $125
Lot
281
Wells Fargo & Co./Oroville/Nov 11. Blue oval handstamp (Leutzinger type 11-8 with dots like type 11-10) on 1860 3¢ Star Die entire without frank as addressed paste-up portion (paper remnants on the back) to San Francisco, "International Hotel" manuscript notation appended to the address for delivery, Extremely Fine and choice. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $75
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282
(Wells Fargo & Co.) Rapid City. Purple straight line handstamp on Wells Fargo & Co. Express black on orange label (with "9½") on legal size cover with "Clerk Of District Court, Pennington County" Rapid City, Dakota (Territory, now South Dakota), printed corner card, to Pueblo, Colorado, docketing refers to depositions that were once enclosed and indicates that the package was delivered "C.O.D. $3.50", embossed orange document seal on the back, slightly reduced at left and right, edge wear at left and toning, Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $75
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283
Wells Fargo & Co. Express/San Francisco. Blue octagonal boxed handstamp (Leutzinger type 1-15) on stampless folded letter to Robinson's Ferry, letter is headed "San Fran May 15 /54" and concerns personal and business matters, letter with some bleach spots & silked on one side, Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $50
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284
Wells Fargo & Cos Express/S.FRco. Blue double circle handstamp on 1860 3¢ Star Die entire to Sonora with Wells, Fargo & Co. company frank on backflap, entire with blue gray all over shaded advertising for "Philip A. Roach/Dealers in Wines and Liquors, San Francisco", ad shows Roach Building & Street Scene, hint of soiling & tiny tear at top, Very Fine and attractive, a stunning ad cover one of only a few cover with the franked on the reverse, ex-Salzer. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $350
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285
Wells Fargo & Co. Express/San Francisco. Shield handstamp in blue with matching "Free" in oval on cover to "Chips" in Stockton, Cal., small part of flap torn away, Very Fine, a scarce early type handstamp, ex-Haas, Parker, Cover illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold (page 161). Estimate $300 - 400.
Pillsbury Hodgkins, nicknamed "Chips", was a celebrated Express character of early gold rush mining days, who served with Wells Fargo & Company.
Realized: $550
Lot
286
Wells Fargo & Co.s Express/San Francisco. Red double oval with matching "Paid" handstamp on 1852 folded cover to New York with black "Boyd's City Express Post" oval handstamp for local New York delivery, two light vert. file folds affecting markings, Very Fine, a rare cover showing the 1st type Wells, Fargo & Co. marking & Boyd's handstamp. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $950
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287
Wells Fargo & Cos. Express/San Francisco. Large blue double circle handstamp on 3¢ pink entire to Carson City, Nev. with "Whitney & Co., Forwarding Merchants" printed forwarder's corner card & Wells, Fargo & Co. company frank at top, included is original enclosure on matching Whitney letterhead, entire roughly open at right, Fine, a very rare type Wells, Fargo & Co. marking. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $85
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288
Wells Fargo & Co./San Francisco. Blue oval handstamp (Leutzinger type 3-1) on 1853 3¢ Nesbitt entire with black "woodcut" company frank, William H. Tiffany correspondence to Sacramento, Extremely Fine and choice, Cover illustrated in Leutzinger's The Handstamps of Wells, Fargo & Co. (page 77). Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $450