Lot
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Tinnin & Owen's Weaverville & Shasta Express. Printed frank (Haller FT7) on 3¢ Pink entire (U59), paste-up usage without address, mostly clear strike of blue "Tinnin & Owens Weaverville Apr. 16" (ca. 1868) double-circle datestamp, some back faults and paper remnants typical of paste-up usage, slightly creased at lower leftFINE APPEARANCE. ONLY THREE EXAMPLES OF THE TINNIN & OWEN'S FRANK ARE RECORDED.
This express operated about five or six months in 1867-68 as an accommodation to Tinnin & Owen's customers in the general merchandise business. Its franked entires are extremely rare. We record three examples (Feb. 29, Mar. 24 and Apr. 16). No examples were in the Dale-Lichtenstein dispersal.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $1,150