Lot
538 
(San Bernardino) Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, The Needles, Cal., purple handstamp on 1874, 3¢ green entire, black WFE-030 printed frank top center, addressed to" Right-of-Way Agent for the S. P. R. R." in San Francisco, Very Fine and rare. Estimate $300 - 400.
Three examples from this location are known both are shown in this listing. To this day students are not sure if this mark is from the town of Needles (California) or from the railhead on the east side of the Colorado River (Arizona) which was located at the base of the "The Needles Mountains".