| Locals and Express Companies |
| |
| |
| Lot |
Photo |
Description |
Lot 180 |
|
Locals Fakes, Forgeries and Reprints, group of 175 different mounted on one stockcard sheet, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
View details
|
Lot 181 |
|
Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co. Collection, collection including 107L2, 107LU1 and various reprints and forgeries in singles and blocks.
Estimate 200 - 300
View details
|
Lot 182 |
|
Balance of Locals Collection, small collection including 5L1 unused thin paper sheet of twenty, 87L7 unused sheet of forty-six, 87L24 and 87L25 unused sheets of thirty, 136L14a mint sheet of twenty-five, 137L1 unused block of eight, and a used 87LUP1 on buff (fault, P.F.C.), some faults, a Fine to Very Fine group.
Estimate 500 - 750
View details
|
Lot 183 |
|
"Pony Express Stamps" (143L1//143LP7), colorful hand lettered exhibition page which includes mint examples of 143L1-5, 143L7-9, 143LP3 and 143LP6, virtually all with four margins and all but 143L8 with at least some o.g., fresh and F-VF. A most attractive display.
Scott $1,187
View details
|
Lot 184 |
 |
()
Wells Fargo & Co., 1862-64, 25¢ red (143L9), full sheet of 40, unused, blue Wells Fargo & Co. endorsement handstamped on reverse, vertical crease between 1st & 2nd panes and through 6th vertical column, some soiling, mostly at bottom; Fine and Rare.
Scott $4,500
View details and enlarged photo
|
Lot 185 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co., Balance of specialized collection including unused 143L1-4 & 7-9, 143LP2 (spacefiller), 143LP9b, used 143L8, a sheet of 50 143LP9 without selvage, a mint 143LU3 entire (faults), a small selection of labels, and 12 First Issue revenues with "W.F. & Co." handstamped cancels. Condition is somewhat mixed but an excellent showing of this popular collecting specialty. Also included is a selection of American Express Co. & R.P.O. newspaper franking labels.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
View details
|
Lot 186 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. California, balance of collection comprising 25 2¢ 3¢ & 4¢ entires with printed franks and a nice variety of cancels; includes Yreka oval to Virginia City; Santa Cruz oval on Pacific Union franked envelope to San Francisco; Washoe City oval to Santa Clara; Boulder Creek oval to San Jose; San Jose oval on 3¢ Nesbitt to Santa Cruz; Nepa & Gilroy (2) ovals to San Francisco etc., etc. Also two later covers with red Wells Fargo labels (Visalia to Prescott, Az. and Carson to Sacramento); a 3¢ 1851 (Scott 11) tied by Sonora
Wells Fargo oval on cover to San Francisco; a cover from San Francisco to New York with two #11 tied upon arrival by "New-York/1 Ct." c.d.s.s, manuscript "Wells Fargo & Co's Express". A great lot, virtually all F-VF.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
View details
|
Lot 187 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. Nevada and Utah, 10 covers, nine with Wells Fargo franks, comprising seven 3¢ entires with Wells Fargo oval cancels (3 Virginia Cty., N.T., 2 Virginia, Nev., one Hamiton, Nev. and an Austin N.T.); a 3¢ entire to Elizabeth, N.J. cancelled purple "Green Riv. & Ogden, R.P.O." duplex; a 2¢ entire postmarked Candelaria, Nev. duplex (1886) to Oakland, Cal.; also an unfranked 1898 envelope with Carson & Colorado Railway Co., Hawthorne, Nev. corner card to Carson, handstamped "Per Wells Fargo & Co's Express"; F-VF group.
Estimate 500 - 750
View details
|
Lot 188 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. Texas, selection of four covers comprising "Wells Fargo & Co., Express, Marfa Tex." purple oval on 3¢ entire to San Francisco; "Wells Fargo y Cia., El Paso, Texas" red oval datestamp on 2¢ entire to Aguascalientes, Mexico with green Mexican Wells Fargo frank; red boxed "Wells Fargo & Co., Express, Oct 17 1889, S.P. Howland, Cashier, Galveston. Tex." and violet "J.F. Purdy, Agt. W.F. & Co. Express, Calvert Texas" on 2¢ entire to Galveston; and 2¢ brown entire with black Wells Fargo frank cancelled Denison, Tex. duplex, Aug. 13 1888; a Very Fine and scarce group.
Estimate 500 - 750
View details
|
Lot 189 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. Mexico, collection of about 85 covers, about 50 of which have Mexican Wells Fargo franks (30 are mint) and the remainder of which are Hidalgo Express (3 mint); excellent variety of franks, imprinted stamps, and towns, all F-VF.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
View details
|
Lot 190 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. covers, group of five 2¢ Plimpton entires with Wells Fargo franks comprising San Francisco Messenger "17" and "106" ovals; Messenger "45" El Paso, Texas; San Francisco oval to Courtland, Cal. and "Wells Fargo & Co., Messenger, S.S. State" packet boat oval on San Francisco paste-up half (small stain); F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
View details
|
Lot 191 |
|
Wells Fargo & Co. entires, selection of 24 mint U.S. entires with printed Wells Fargo franks (3 Mexico) values to 10¢ including a 3¢ U58 with a black Wells Fargo frank printed on reverse a red Pacific Union frank; F-VF.
Estimate 400 - 500
View details
|
Lot 192 |
|
Adams Express Co., eight covers, one front and one bill of lading, 1850s-60a, includes "Soldier's Package" envelopes; "Forwarded By the Adams Express co. from Paducah Ky." yellow label; blue circle c.c. "New York, Southern & California" used August 1852; green "Forwarded by the Adams Express Co. from Duncannon, Pa." with additional label probably added later, Fine lot.
Estimate 500 - 750
View details
|
|
