Auction Detail
July 2023
United States Postal History
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Type 36 pink double oval datestamp with manuscript date on 2c Brown entire to San Francisco, black printed frank at top, additional violet "Wells, Fargo & Co's Express San Francisco, Cal. Oct 31-7 A.M." cancel, very fine, the unique example of this Well's Fargo handstamp
purple oval datestamp on 2c Brown entire to San Francisco, black printed frank at left, additional "Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, San Francisco, Cal. Mar 31 10 A.M." arrival handstamp, very fine
blue datestamp on 3c Pink entire with red "Boise Mines—Paid 50 Cts." printed frank at top, small tears, very fine appearance, a scarce use
printed frank (WFE‐215a) at lower left of 3c Pink entire to Eureka, California, black Wells, Fargo & Co. frank at top, blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Portland Jul 24" oval datestamp, light edge wear, fine and rare, ex-Barkhausen
blue oval handstamp on 3c Pink entire to San Francisco with printed Wells, Fargo & Co. frank and "Paid 25 Cts." surcharge, very fine, the nature of this surcharge has been a subject of debate for some time, it was once thought to represent Virginia City Pony Express service, for a complete discussion see "Mystery of the Wells Fargo Surcharge" in James M. Gamett's Nevada Express 1857-1895 (pages 53-58), ex-Jessup
blue oval datestamp on yellow cover to Sacramento, "From Wells, Fargo & Co., Virginia City, N.T." cornercard at lower left, manuscript "By Pony", 1864 pencil docketing, original enclosure no longer accompanies but indicates this cover was sent free of charge from J.H. Latham to Dr. G.L. Simmons about investing in a silver mine, slightly reduced at right into express marking, very fine and possible the unique example of free franked Virginia City Pony Express mail, ex-Edwards
black on orange label with manuscript town on December 11, 1873 cover from San Francisco to New York City, 3c Green tied by leaf cancel, December 20 recipient's handstamp, very fine, only one other example of this label recorded
two red Wells, Fargo & Co. franks (one vertical, one horizontal) obliterate green Freeman & Co. frank (WFE-601) on 10c Green Nesbitt entire to Shirley, Massachusetts, blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Stockton Sep 30" double oval backstamp, black "Paid" in oval and red Boston datestamp, light filefolds and reduced at right, still fine
two red Wells, Fargo & Co. franks (one vertical, one horizontal) obliterate green Freeman & Co. frank (WFE-601) on 10c Green Nesbitt entire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Placerville Cal. Jul 1" datestamp, endorsed "via Overland Mail", affixed to black construction paper, very fine appearance
blue double circle datestamp ties 10c Green (35) to cover to New York City street address, pink all-over illustrated advertisement for "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express & Exchange Company", black straightline "McIntire's Post 2 Maiden Lane" handstamp and matching "Collect" in oval, extremely fine and attractive, it appears that Wells Fargo had an arrangement with McIntire's for local delivery within New York City, illustrated in Coburn's Letters of Gold
blue oval handstamp on 1863 all-over advertising 3c Pink entire for "A. Jacoby, Wholesale Dealers in Groceries, Provisions, Wines & Liquors, Hardware, Dry Goods, &c., Arcata, Humboldt Bay", vertical Wells Fargo frank at left, addressed to Stargard, Germany, New York and German transit handstamps, very fine and attractive
three all-over advertising designs (yellow, red, and gray-green) on 3c Green entires, all addressed to Stockton, California and with black Wells, Fargo & Co. franks at left, small backflap faults, very fine appearance