Lot
3227 
Wood & Co's Express., fancy straightline ribbon frank on 3¢ pink (U58) entire cancelled by sharp "Wells, Fargo & Co., Oroville, Jan 7" datestamp to Sacramento Cal.; reduced at right, Very Fine, WC6062, ex Dale-Lichtenstein. Thomas No. WOO-004 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS WOODS & CO.'S EXPRESS FRANK, ONE OF WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THE WILTSEE COLLECTION.
Allen J. Wood Sr. and Jr. teamed up to run a stage and express service for a period of time from Oroville into Plumas and Lassen Counties. This express service, which ran primarily between Oroville and Susanville, was sold to Wells Fargo in 1868.
Realized: $3,250