Lot
56 
D.C. Patterson & Co's Boise And Salt Lake City Express, oval handstamp plus Paid, One Dollar, Jun 25, 1864 company cds on cover to Branchport, New Jersey, entered the mails with "Brigham City, Utah, Jul 9" cds and franked with 1861, 3¢ rose canceled by target handstamp; cover reduced at right just into the stamp, F.-V.F. Scott No. 65 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Patterson's Boise Express ran overland in 1863 and 1864 from Bannock City (also known as West Bannock and later Idaho City) through unsettled Indian country to Utah Territory. Patterson's intent was to provide a direct connection to the Central Overland Route for letters going to and from the eastern states. The need for Patterson's service to Utah diminished when a mail contract between Salt Lake City and Walla Walla via Boise City was awarded in 1864.
Realized: $1,050