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Sale 26: The Westpex Sale

Table of ContentsLots 1174-1183

U.S. Postal History: Western Express Covers (Oroville-Rutherford)

Lot 363    

F. Rumrill & Co.'s Express/Downieville. Blue double oval handstamp on small embossed ladies' cover with original 1854 enclosure from Frank Rumrill to his sweetheart, Henrietta in Ohio, contents regarding Rumrill's efforts to return home, trivial cover nick at right, Very Fine and rare, Henrietta's complaints about Frank's absence is the principal reason Rumrill quit the express business in 1855 (selling out to Langton) and presumably returned home.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $600

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