Lot
60 
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, New York, Aug 2, double circle handstamp on 1864, 6¢ pink legal size entire with Wells Fargo "Atlantic Express" printed frank, to Chrysopolis, Cal. with "Overland" sender's endorsement, evidently carried through to California and then missent to Copperopolis with Copperopolis and Visalia Wells, Fargo & Co. oval transit handstamps, dated "August 18, 1866" on reverse and forwarded with "Via Aurora" pencil endorsement appended on the front, sent back on the overland route to Nevada, entered the mails with "Aurora, Nev., Sep 25" cds for delivery to Chrysopolis; reduced sides and edge repairs, Fine and an outstanding usage. Estimate $300 - 400.
A HIGHLY UNUSUAL WELLS FARGO MISSENT AND FORWARDED USE.
Wells Fargo's lines reached Aurora in Nevada but not so Chrysopolis and a number of other California mining camps and towns on the remote eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Aurora and Chrysopolis are both ghost towns today. The site of Chrysopolis is now in Inyo County, which was created out of Coso County the year this cover was sent. Coso County was created two years before and included parts of Tulare and Mono Counties but was never organized.
Realized: $2,800