Western Expresses and California Mails

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Sale 1363 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 3:30 P.M.

• • The James Blaine Collection of Western Expresses
  California and Territorial Express Companies (Adams) Lot 1–20
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Alta-Freeman) Lot 21–55
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Gibbs-Langton) Lot 56–99
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Lewis-Prindle) Lot 100–123

Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 6:30 P.M.

• California and Territorial Express Companies (Reynolds-Warren) Lot 124–141
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Wells Fargo & Co.) Lot 142–180
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Wells Fargo & Co. cont.) Lot 181–223
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Wines) Lot 224
• • The Dennis Hassler Collection of Western Expresses
  California and Territorial Express Companies (Adams-Colby) Lot 225–251
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Copley-Gregory) Lot 252–285
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Hall & Allen-Pacific Union) Lot 286–322
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Palmer-Singer) Lot 323–342
• California and Territorial Express Companies (Spargur's Honey Lake-Wyman, Group Lots) Lot 343–379

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 3:30 P.M.

• • Early California Mails Featuring the Dennis Hassler Collection
  California Mails (Alta California) Lot 380–392
• California Mails (San Francisco) Lot 393–414
• California Mails (Steamship Markings) Lot 415–423
• California Mails (Illustrated Miner Covers, Stagecoaches, Steamships) Lot 424–440
• California Mails (Forwarders, Local Posts) Lot 441–448
• • The John Birkinbine II Collection of 10-Cent Rates
  California Mails (6-Cent and 10-Cent Rates) Lot 449–455
• California Mails (First 10-Cent Nesbitt Envelopes in California) Lot 456–461
• California Mails (Uprated 6-Cent Entires, New 10-Cent Stamps and Stationery) Lot 462–473
• California Mails (Postal Stationery Uprated at California Post Offices) Lot 474–494

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 6:30 P.M.

• • California Town Postal Markings, California Balance Lots
  California Towns Arranged Alphabetically Lot 495–547
• California Balance Lots Lot 548–558
• • Territorial Post Offices, Hawaii
  Territorial Post Offices Lot 559–576
• Hawaii Lot 577–600