Lot
978 
Wells, Fargo & Co., Express, Aurora, blue oval handstamp cancelling on 1860 3¢ pink entire (U34) to San Francisco and a second light strike tying Wells Fargo & Co., 1862-64, 25¢ blue (143L8) left margin copy to just touching at upper right and bottom, black company frank at top; contemporary docketing at right "Aurora Mch 25.63" etc. dates this cover to 1863; light edge wear, Very Fine, Nearly all 25¢ blue Virginia City pony covers from Aurora are of the Crittenden correspondence, the two examples offered here are exceptions.Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
The 25¢ Virginia City Pony Express rate was in effect from February 1863 to its end in February, 1865. In March 1864, the blue 25¢ adhesive was replaced by the same design in red.
Realized: $1,200