Lot
725 
Wells, Fargo & Co., Pony Express Balance. 13 items; eight with Pony Express adhesives including Overland Pony $1 tied by Running Pony oval handstamp on franked 10¢ Star Die piece and $2 tied by Carson City oval date stamp on franked 10¢ Nesbitt piece, both rebacked on covers, also an additional $1 tied by Greenwood oval handstamp on franked 10¢ Star Die piece, Virginia City Pony with 10¢ brown tied by Aurora handstamp on franked 1861, 3¢ pink piece & rebacked on cover, 25¢ blue tied by blue Sacramento cds on franked 1861, 3¢ pink piece (tiny tone spot on stamp, with 2006 P.F. cert.) and other single tied by Silver City, Utah oval handstamp on franked 1861, 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco (repaired stamp and cover defects), 25¢ red tied by Genoa oval handstamp on franked 1861, 3¢ pink entire to Folsom (stamp gum stains and reduced into indicia) and unused single on addressed 1861, 3¢ pink entire, 5 additional covers including 1861, 3¢ pink franked entire canceled by Aurora oval handstamp (Pony stamp removed) from Crittenden correspondence with letter describing the rigors of crossing the sierras by stagecoach to Aurora, two free frank covers from the "Father of the Pony Express" Milton S. Latham including one to Genl. J.H. Denver at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (with enclosure), 1863 cover from Spanish Ranch, Cal. to William H. Russell in Virginia City, N.T. with enclosure from sister (mentions Gould & Curry), mixed condition, Fine. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
Realized: $3,000