Lot Details

Wells Fargo & Co, Virginia City Pony Express, 1862-4, 25c red, straddle pane strip of four, plus two singles, these with two large margins at left, all with other margins clear to into frameline, tied to cover by blue circular "Wells, Fargo & Co Express / 20 APR" c.d.s., to the Clerk of the District Court, County of Storey, Virginia City, Nevada Territory, partial notary's embossed seal on reverse, clerk's docketing on back indicates receipt on April 22, 1864, the likely enclosed heavy legal documents accounting for the $1.50 franking which paid for 3 oz, cover reduced at left and right, reverse with significant adhesions, adhesives with various faults including horizontal fold and some tears, among the largest frankings extant, covers with seven and eight 25c red adhesives having been offered in previous "Erivan" sales, a most remarkable Virginia City Pony Express cover.