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Sale 35: The Autumn Sale

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U.S. Postal History: Western Express Covers - Arizona to Dakota Expresses

Lot 654    

Arizona & New Mexico Express Co. Black company frank on 3¢ green entire to San Francisco, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

This express was launched by Henry Wells in 1874, providing stagecoach service to and from points in Arizona and the eastern terminus of the Southern Pacific Railroad, by 1876 the express folded, having lost its usefulness as the railroad pushed further east.

Realized: $1,700

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