Sale 1011 — United States Stamps & Postal History, Foreign

Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 21-24 June, 2011

Category — Western Express (Wells Fargo thru Whitney, groups)

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1232
c
Sale 1011, Lot 1232, Western Express (Wells Fargo thru Whitney, groups)Western Express Handstamped Covers. Nice group of 17 covers, incl. Berford & Co's Express blue oval, Pacific Express Co. Stockton blue double oval, Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Ophir oval, Hoffman & Co. Express forwarding oval on 40c rate cover, Freeman & Co. Express small red oval on 40c rate cover, Todd's Express Office, Sonora, blue handstamp with matching "Paid" in oval, W. E. Singer & Co.'s Feather River Express, Connecting with Wells, Fargo & Co. blue oval, conjunctive use with red Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Sacramento, Gregory's Express Marysville blue and red three-line handstamps on two enclosures, finally nine Gregory's Express covers incl. examples of two, three and four-line handstamps and ovals, some of the last group in mixed condition but overall Very Fine group of these early express covers, all before the Gregory's were offered as individual lots in sales past

E. 1,000-1,500
1,500