Sale 1201 — The Dr. William H. Johnson Collection of the U.S. 1890 Small Bank Note Issue
Sale Date — Tuesday, 21 May, 2019
Category — Bicycle Mail Route, Expresses, Bisects
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2119
5c Chocolate (223). Vertical pair, rich color, cancelled by corks, light strike of Colorado R.P.O. Oct. 29, 1892 circular datestamp on blue 4-horse illustrated stagecoach express cover depicting almost a dozen people on top of a stagecoach and with "J. H. Farlee, Proprietor, Grand Canyon Stage Line, Peach Springs, Arizona", to Bellevue, Switzerland, small opening tear at right not affecting stamps, Very Fine, stagecoach designs of this period are rare, the stage line ran from 1892 to 1901 from Flagstaff to the Grandview Hotel at the Grand Canyon and helped make Flagstaff a gateway to the Grand Canyons, this is the only known example used to a foreign destination
E. 750-1,000
475
