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Sale 101: The Westpex Sale

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Western Expresses - Langton's Pioneer to Pacific

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

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