Sale 37: The Westpex Sale

Lot 363    

Wells Fargo Balance - Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties. A group of 50 covers, markings include Monterey Co. Castroville, Del Monte (very rare, used at Del Monte Hotel on faulty paste-up with Hotel corner card), Gilroy, Monterey (14), Pacific Grove (rare), Salinas City, San Juan, Soledad, Spanishtown (3, very scarce), San Benito Co. Hollister, Santa Cruz Co. Boulder Creek (5, scarce), Pescadero (very rare), Santa Cruz (6), Watsonville (6, 1 with modern cds), mixed condition with some duplication, worth careful inspection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,600

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Lot 364    

Wells Fargo Balance - Nevada and Sierra Counties. A group of 60 covers with Nevada Co. towns of Bloomfield (2, scarce), Boca Station (very scarce, very fine), Downieville (8, including faulty label cover), French Corral, Grass Valley (9), Meadow Lake, Nevada (9), North San Juan, Sweetland, Truckee, Sierra Co. towns of Alleghany, Columbus House (2, very scarce, 1 very fine), Forest City, Gibsonville, Howlands Flat, La Porte (5), St. Louis, Sierra City, mixed condition & some duplication, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,350

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Lot 365    

Wells Fargo Balance - Northern Counties. A group of 75 covers from the counties of Colusa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou and Trinity including the towns of Albion (blue cds's), Alturas with 2¢ stamp over rare WF mark, Arcata HB (Humboldt Bay), Berryvale (manuscript WF cancel), Colusa (including cds's), Crescent City (including cds), Eureka, Eureka HB, Germantown (purple cds), Grand Island (very scarce), Mendocino, Princeton (scarce, 5 examples), Point Arenas (rare), Redding, Red Bluff (including rare Leutzinger type 21-3 the copy pictured in Leutzinger), Shasta (including some labels), Susanville (blue double oval cds), Tehama, Trinity Center, Ukiah, Uniontown HB (additional stamps missing), Weaverville, Williams, Willows (scarce), Yreka, mixed condition & some duplication.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $2,500

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Lot 366    

Wells Fargo Balance - Placer County. A group of 55 covers, with Auburn (11, including "Agents" envelope, 1911 postal card with Auburn WF receipt cancel, 1 with cds), Auburn Depot (Leutzinger Type 14-1 straight line), Auburn Station, Colfax (5, scarce), Crystal Lake (faulty), Dutch Flat (8, 1 cds cancel), Emigrant Gap, Forest Hill (9), Gold Run, Iowa Hill, Lincoln, Michigan Bluff (6), Rattlesnake (Very Fine strike, faulty at upper right), Roseville (2, very scarce), Sheridan, Summit Placer Co (very rare, 1 of only 2 WF county mark), Todd's Valley, Truckee, Yankee Jim's, mixed condition & some duplication.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,400

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Lot 367    

Wells Fargo Balance - San Francisco County. A tremendous of over 210 covers with noted better items, 3rd Street Depot, S.F. to New York with Boyd's "Collect /2 cts." in Fine condition and many types, mixed condition, must be seen for full value.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,900

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Lot 368    

Wells Fargo Balance - San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. A group of 50 covers, San Mateo Co. towns include Belmont (scarce), Menlo Park (scarce), Millbrae (cds as always, no WF cancel known), Redwood City, Santa Clara Co. Lawrence (scarce), Lexington manuscript, Los Gatos, Mayfield, Mountain View (including a Leutzinger Type 14-1 straight line), San Felipe (rare), San Jose Depot, San Jose (22), Santa Clara (8), Wrights, mixed condition & some duplication, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,200

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Lot 369    

Wells Fargo Balance - Southern Counties. A group of 85 covers with Los Angeles Co. Anaheim (4, 1 with San Francisco label on back), Capistrano (very rare, cds cancel but no WF cancel known and had an office, a front only), Los Angeles (32, unused Emergency Frank from 1894 Railroad Strike, earliest cancel in choice condition), Ontario (front), Wilmington, San Bernardino Co. Calico (an incredible 7 copies of this classic ghost town rarity), Redlands, San Bernardino, The Needles (very rare, 1 of only 3 or 4 copies), Waterman (very scarce, 3 copies of this classic desert mining town), San Diego Co. Encinitas (very scarce), Julian (1, great mining town rarity, only 2 known to describer), New San Diego (very scarce), San Diego (7, plus 2 fronts with unlisted "Money Department" double boxed cancel), San Luis Obispo Co. Arroyo Grande (scarce), Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Templeton (Unlisted town, used late in 1898 as corner card, Santa Barbara Co. Santa Barbara (13), San Buenaventura, Ventura Co. "A. Levy/Hueneme/Ventura Co. Cal." (scarce agents mark), Piru (rare), Ventura, mixed condition & some duplication, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

Realized: $2,600

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Lot 370    

(Ephemera) Wells, Fargo & Co. Misc. lot of Wells, Fargo & Co. paper related items, includes 1854 & 1867 "Receipt for Treasure" (2, one for 3 Bags of Gold Dust, 300oz, & one for 20 bars bullion valued at $41,246.13), plus some checks & letters of Exchange, mixed condition (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 371    

Wells, Fargo & Co. Balance. Misc. lot of covers, labels, entires with Wells, Fargo & Co. usages, mixed condition, worth inspection (no photo).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $400

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Lot 372    

Wells, Fargo & Co. California Balance. Lot of approximately 53 covers & entires with various Wells, Fargo & Co. markings & usages, noted is town markings of Bodie (2), Calico (2), Daggett, Providence, San Francisco rectangle (2), Red Franks, Shaded ad cover, a Steamboat marking on defective 6¢ Nesbitt, mixed condition, please inspect (no photo).
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $1,300

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