Lot
219 
Wells Fargo & Co., Victoria, blue oval handstamp ties Canada 1870, 6¢ brown on clean cover to San Francisco, Cal., black company frank with "Victoria, Vancouver Island" imprint below, Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $475
Lot
220 ()
Wells Fargo & Co. (Victoria), black company frank on 1861, 10¢ green rebacked front to London, England, franked with B.C. & V.I. 1865, 5c rose tied by blue "Post Office Victoria V.I." Coat of Arms oval handstamp, additionally franked with 1861-63, 2¢ black + 12¢ black tied by fancy grid cancels, red New York transit cds; front affixed to backing with portions of cancel at top right drawn in, F.-V.F. appearance; with 2014 V.G. Greene certificate. Estimate $400 - 600.
The treaty rate from the U.S. to England was reduced to 12¢, effective January 1, 1868, and again reduced to 6¢, effective January 1, 1870. This usage is a double 12¢ U.S. rate with B.C. & V.I. 5c prepaying the internal postage.
Realized: $575
Lot
221
Wells Fargo & Co. Express, Aurora, blue oval handstamp on 1860, 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco, company frank at top, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $105
Lot
222
Wells Fargo & Co. Express, Aurora, blue oval handstamp on 1860, 3¢ pink entire to Russ House in San Francisco, company frank at top, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $70
Lot
223
Wells, Fargo & Co., Austin, N.T., blue oval datestamp on two different 3¢ pink entires (U35, U58) with type E printed franks, first to Virginia City, N.T., second to San Francisco, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $100
Lot
224
Wells Fargo & Co., Oreana, Nev., Jun 24, blue oval date stamp on 1864, 3¢ pink entire to Oakland, Cal., black company frank; tiny nick at bottom, a Very Fine strike, scarce. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $115
Lot
225
Wells, Fargo & Co., Pine Grove, Nev, blue oval handstamp on 1864-65, 3¢ pink entire with Wells Fargo & Co. printed frank to East Putnam, Conn., entered U.S. mails with "New York Apr 5" duplex; some minor wear, barely reduced at left, F.-V.F. Scott No. U59 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $90
Lot
226
Wells, Fargo & Co./Pioche, Nev., blue oval datestamp on two different 3¢ green entires with type E printed franks to San Francisco, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $65
Lot
227
Wells Fargo & Co., Silver Park, May 9, blue company oval datestamp cancels 3¢ pink Nesbitt buff entire addressed to San Francisco Cal., printed Wells Fargo Express company frank; small part of backflap missing, Very Fine, The finest of only two recorded examples of the Wells Fargo Silver Park Nevada datestamp.. Estimate $300 - 400.
Silver Park was a short-lived mining town located in Nevada's Nye County. Wells Fargo briefly maintained an office there in 1870-1871 with H. M. Barnes as agent. There are two recorded examples of the Wells, Fargo & Co. Silver Park datestamp, this cover and the legal size faulty example offered in our Sale 41 as lot 825.
Realized: $1,600
Lot
228
Wells Fargo & Co. Express, Soda Springs, Nev., blue oval handstamp on 1874, 3¢ green entire to San Francisco, company frank at top; small tear at top, Very Fine. Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $100