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The Larry Lyons Collection: All Roads Lead to San Francisco continued...

Western Expresses: Wells, Fargo & Co., Express Labels continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1756 c ImageForwarded by Wells, Fargo & Co's Express from Stockton. Yellow five-line printed label affixed at top left of cover to San Francisco, some gum staining around label, backflap tear, still Very Fine and scarce, desirable affixed to the front of the cover, Lyons records only two examples of this Stockton label (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1757 c ImageWells, Fargo & Co's Express from Suisan, Cal. Red four-line label with illustration of train, affixed to front of yellow cover to San Francisco, manuscript "coll" (collect), reduced at left and with tear above label, otherwise Fine and rare, Lyons records only two labels from Suisun (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $425.00
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1758 c ImageWells, Fargo & Co's Express From Unionville, N.T. Orange label with "Unionville" applied to label via perfectly struck blue Wells, Fargo & Co. oval, affixed to legal-size cover to San Francisco, cover refolded from a larger size, fresh and Extremely Fine, this is the only example recorded by Lyons from Unionville, ex Hackett, with 2012 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
1759 c ImageWells Fargo & Co's Express, Woodland, Cal. Large orange label with locomotive and steamboat scene, affixed to back of Wells, Fargo & Co. franked 3c entire addressed to San Francisco, some wear on the franked side, the label is Extremely Fine, Lyons records only this example from the Woodland office, which was opened in 1862 (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $500.00
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1760 c ImageWells, Fargo & Co's, Express Labels, From Points South to North. Four covers addressed to San Francisco, two U.S. entires and two stampless, each with a different brightly colored red or orange Wells, Fargo & Co. Express label affixed to front, offices incl. San Jose, Gilroy (in manuscript), Benecia (handstamped) and Vallejo (manuscript), some minor cover and label faults, the Vallejo cover with overall soiling, Fine-Very Fine, research by Larry Lyons records only one example of each of these, in total Lyons has recorded 111 envelopes with 72 different labels, these were normally used on envelopes that contained money or valuable documents (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1761 c ImageWells, Fargo & Co's, Express Labels, Balance. Six covers, three U.S. entires and three stampless, each with a different brightly colored Wells, Fargo & Co. Express label affixed to front or back , offices incl. Oakland, Columbia, Sonora, Arcata, Grass Valley and San Francisco, variety of colors and sizes, two are illustrated, some cover and label faults, Fine-Very Fine, research by Larry Lyons shows that these are all scarce and several in this group are the only recorded examples, in total Lyons has recorded 111 envelopes with 72 different labels, these were normally used on envelopes that contained money or valuable documents (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

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