Lot 593
Vertical Frank at Left, Reading Up. On 1864 3¢ entire with all-over shaded advertising for California Pacific Rail Road, Office Vallejo, Cal., used as an Ordering Form with manuscript "Please print - 1,000 and send me, soon/L.C. Fowler/Vallejo" with pencil "W & Co Nov 5" (Wells, Fargo & Co. receipt), light vertical fold, Very Fine and attractive, The standard way to reorder the "shaded advertising" envelopes was to take one in the format you wanted that had already been done before and mark, as this one, with how many you wanted, California Pacific Rail Road is rather scarce advertiser.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $160