Sale 37: The Westpex Sale

Lot 353    

Wells Fargo Balance - Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. A group of 40 covers, Alameda Co. towns include Alvarado (very scarce), Decoto (rare), East Oakland (3, rare, 1 on Bamber Franked envelope), Livermore, Pleasanton, Oakland, San Leandro (scarce), West Oakland (rare), Contra Costa Co. towns include Antioch, Clayton, Cornwall (rare), Concord (scarce), Martinez (9), Nortonville (cds), Pacheco, mixed condition with some duplication.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,150

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Lot 354    

Wells Fargo Balance - Alpine, Fresno, Kern, Mariposa, Mono and Tulare Counties. A group of 60 covers, with Alpine Co. towns including Markleville (2, 1 faulty), Fresno Co. Fowler, Fresno (6), Kingston (rare), Millerton (faulty), Oakwood, Raymond, Kern Co. Bakersfield, Kernville (8), Mariposa Co. Bear Valley (6), Coulterville, Hornitas (13), Mariposa, Milleston for Millerton (unlisted), Mount Ophir, Spanish Ranch, Yosemite (3, rare), Mono Co. Benton (2, 1 with stamp cut out, rare), Tulare Co. Exeter and Fresno (both unlisted Leutzinger 14-1 straight lines), Hanford (2, very scarce), Lemoore, Tipton (very rare), Visalia, mixed condition & some duplication.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $1,800

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Lot 355    

Wells Fargo Balance - Amador & Calaveras Counties. A group of 75 covers, the town list combined as so many towns were in both, Amador, Angels (6), Camancha (including. blue cds), Camp Seco, Chinese Camp, Copperopolis, Dry Town, Fiddletown, Ione Valley (6, scarce), Iowa Hill, Jackson (8, including rare Leutzinger Type 3-1), Jenny Lind (3, 1 extremely fine), Lancha Plana, Milton, Mok Hill (6), Moquelumne Hill, Murphy's Camp (6, including cds), San Andreas (10), Sutter Creek (3, with cds and "Wilder, Agent" on front), Vallecito (scarce), Valley Ford (rare), Volcano, West Point (3, arc in oval on Moquelumne Hill cover + front with excessively rare (1 other known) regular WF oval cancel), mixed condition with some duplication.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 356    

Wells Fargo Balance - Butte, Plumas, Yolo and Yuba Counties. A group of 90 cover with Butte Co. towns of Biggs (scarce), Chico, Clipper Mills, Forbestown, Nord, Oroville (18, several different, including a Leutzinger Type 14-1 blue straight line, very fine), Plumas Co. towns of Crescent Mills (4, scarce, 1 extremely fine), Greenville, Quincy, Round Valley (2, very scarce), Spanish Ranch, Tayorsville, Yolo Co. towns of Cacheville (2, rare, 1 very fine), Davisville, Knights Landing, Madison (2, rare, 1 very fine), Winters, Yuba City, Yuba Co. towns of Browns Valley (triple cds), Camptonville (including 2 different very fine orange label covers), Marysville (18, several different including nice label cover), Smartsville (front, rare with blue Boston Shield and double oval receipt cancels), Strawberry Valley, Timbuctoo (Leutzinger Type 11-9 unlisted), Wheatland, mixed condition & some duplication.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,900

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Lot 357    

Wells Fargo Balance - El Dorado and Tuolumne Counties. A group of 70 covers with El Dorado Co. towns of Cisco, Clarksville (scarce), Colomo, Coloma, Diamond Springs (including WF manuscript, very rare), El Dorado, Fiddletown, Georgetown (6), Greenwood, Lathrop, Latrobe, Placerville (11), Tuolumne Co. including Big Oak Flat, Chinese Camp, Columbia, Jamestown (8), Montezuma (WF manuscript cancel), Sonora (9), Tuolumne City, mixed condition & some duplication, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 358    

Wells Fargo Balance - Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma Counties. A group of 120 covers, with Lake Co. towns including Bartlett Springs (rare but poor strike), Blue Canyon (cancelled Glendale Hotel as are all from here, Extremely Fine and scarce), Lake Port, Lower Lake, Napa Co. towns include Calistoga (1 on old Pacific Union envelope), Monticello, Napa (12), Napa City (3, all very scarce, Leutzinger Type 6-9), Oakville (3, very scarce and all very fine-extremely fine), St. Helena (7, including cds), White Sulphur Springs (2, both types), Solano Co. towns include Batavia, Benicia, Cordelia, Dixon (3, 1 extremely fine), Port Costa, RioVista, South Vallejo, Suisun (7), Vaca-Station, Vacavill/Vaccaville (both), Vallejo (6, 1 with "Bamber & Co Express/SF"), Sonoma Co. towns include Bloomfield, Bodega (very scarce), Cloverdale (5), Duncan Mills (3, 1 with blue double oval with 2 additional Scott #114 on envelope to Prince Edwards Island, stamps probably missing, very rare either way), Fort Bragg (extremely fine and scarce), Freestone (cancelled with cds, very scarce), Guerneville (3, 2 with cds's), Healdsburg, Petaluma, Santa Rosa (8), Sebastopol, Sonoma (8), Valley Ford (very rare, ex-Hertz), Windsor (including bold Leutzinger Type 14-1 straight line), mixed condition & some duplication.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $3,500

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Lot 359    

Wells Fargo Balance - Large Size Covers. A group of a 100 legal size covers (mostly all postal entires) with 2 copies of U68 (both complete paste-ups) also a copy of U96 which cat. $1,000+, 12 label on cover including San Quentin, 4 different Money Envelopes, some scarce/rare cancels including Old San Diego, Oceanside, very early Napa City Express, superb Volcano on a non franked envelope, Aptos, Sanger, the very rare Julian, Snellings, Reedley and a large oval receipt cancelling a 6¢ Plimpton of Kansas City, MO of Feb 10, 1894, a few complete paste-ups, a franked envelope without embossed stamp used August 24, 1885 (we have never seen one of these this late before), a lot of rarity here, some faults as would be expected, but most at least Fine or better.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,400

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Lot 360    

Wells Fargo Balance - Marin County. A small group of 12 cover including 1 front, San Quentin (3, both types), San Rafael (5, 2 types), Saucelito (front, rare), Tomales (3, only type), mixed condition.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $350

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Lot 361    

Wells Fargo Balance - Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties. A group of 160 covers, markings include Merced Co. Los Banos, Merced (7), Snellings (4), Sacramento Co., Courtland, Elk Grove (4, scarce). Folsom (6), Galt, Michigan Bar, Mormon Island (printed ad on back), Sacramento Co. (Sacramento 52 covers, including "A. Coolot, Stationer, Sacramento." printed ad, very scarce, "Passed Sacramento" (2), company stationery and numerous Leutzinger types), Woodland (10), San Joaquin Co. Acampo (2, scarce), Banta (4, scarce, 1 on Pacific Union envelope), Clements (very scarce), Farminton (scarce), Lockford, Lodi, Los Banos (WF manuscript, very rare), Moquelumne Station (5, Scarce), Stockton (43, from early to late), Tracy (CDS), Woodbridge, Stanislaus Co. Hills Ferry, Knight Ferry, La Grange (rare), Modesto, some duplication & faults but average is Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $3,750

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Lot 362    

Wells Fargo Balance - Miscellany. Stamps including 143L9 25¢ red Nevada Pony Express, several newspaper stamps, 12 internal Wells Fargo envelopes with various headings, some postmarked, some faults, Fine (no photo).
Estimate    $75 - 100.

Realized: $190

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