Lot 1007
Pacific Express Company, Grandview, Tex., black on orange express label, affixed as flap seal on light buff Pacific Express Company illustrated train corner card cover bearing 2¢ green (213) canceled by cork, matching "Grand View, Tex. Jul 16, 1888" cds to West Texas; reduced slightly at right, F.-V.F. and scarce Texas express label use.Estimate $200 - 300.
The Pacific Express railcar comer-card, often described as a printed frank, was used in the northwest in the early 1880s by the Northern Pacific Railroad. The label uses shown below prove the Pacific Express name and comer-card was used by other railroads in areas not served by the Northern Pacific.
Realized: $230