Lot
698 
Wells Fargo & Co. Express, San Francisco, bold blue oval handstamp on folded letter to Sacramento City, franked with 1851, 3¢ dull red bearing a blue W.F. & (Co.) express precancel, manuscript "By Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, 31st June '53" endorsement at top; stamp slightly overlapping cover at right, Very Fine, ex Lichtenstein. Scott No. 11A Estimate $500 - 750.
A LOVELY AND EXTREMELY RARE USAGE OF THE 1851 3¢ ISSUE BEARING A WELLS, FARGO & CO. EXPRESS HANDSTAMP PRECANCEL.
Realized: $3,000