3c Dull Red, Ty. I (11). Ample to large margins at sides, in at top and bottom, tied by clear strike of blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Steamboat" in ornamental frame handstamp on buff cover to Sacramento, 1854 use after U.S. Post Office Dept. issued order requiring that U.S. postage be paid on express mail but before conversion to postal stationery, backflap removed, light scoring lines on cover (one touches stamp), otherwise Very Fine, this Wells, Fargo & Co. handstamp was used on mail carried on steamboats on the Sacramento River, ex Lichtenstein, Baker and "New Helvetia", 1993 P.F. certificate no longer accompanies

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