Lot
1236 
Arizona & New Mexico Express Co., circa 1875, black company frank on 3¢ green entire to San Francisco, frank with manuscript endorsement "W.F.& Co. Paid / No Franks / Blake" (station agent), faint blue double oval Wells, Fargo & Co. handstamp, missing backflap & back separated from front, still rare usage, Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
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: $1,250