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WF 15, 1885 12c Green Hidalgo envelope, 15c Frank, entire used as a pasteup to Paris, France with additional 20c Lilac Numeral envelope, August 14, 1897 company handstamp, franked with US 5c Garfield and 10c Brown Banknote, Benson, Arizona and New York handstamps, blue double circle Paris receiver, light wear and staining, still fine and attractive

WF 19b, 1885 12c Green Hidalgo envelope, 20c on 15c Frank, entire with two strikes of purple "Express Wells, Fargo y Cia de Mexico Ago 6 1885", addressed to Genoa, Italy, with El Paso, New York, and Genoa backstamps, very fine, the earliest recorded use of Wells Fargo Mexican postal stationery

WF 20, 1886 10c Yellow brown Hidalgo envelope, 15c Frank, uprated with 12c Green (157) and addressed to Vienna, Austria, postmarked Zacatecas January 22, 1892, Certificado etiquette, backstamped Vienna February 9, very fine

Wells Fargo Express Franks on Hidalgo Envelopes, collection including (MEPSI numbers) mint: WF 1, 3, 6 (2), 8 (3), 9 (2), 10, 10a (2), 11 (3), 12 (2), 12v1, 15, 15a, 15b (2), 15c, 16 (2), 16a (2), 16b, 16c (2), 18, 19 (2), 19a (5), 19b (4), 20 (3), and 21; used: WF 1, 6 (2), 8 (4), 9 (3), 10, 11 (9), 12 (6), 12v1, 15 (4), 15a, 16 (3), 16a (5), 18, 19 (3), 19a (2), 19b (15), 20 (10), and 21 (2), note a couple of covers to England and Germany, few small faults to be expected with this large of a collection but generally fine to very fine, a wonderful opportunity for the specialist in this scarce envelopes (UPSS $6,450)