Wells Fargo & Co./San Francisco. Blue double circle handstamp ties 1862-64 25¢ blue Pony Express adhesive on 1861 3¢ entire (U35) with company frank to Savage Mining Co./Virginia City, right side of entire expertly restored, adhesive is bright & fresh with large margins to just shaving frameline at bottom, Very Fine& most attractive. Scott No. 143L8  $4,000. $0 (Image)

Wells Fargo & Co./San Francisco. Two strikes of blue oval datestamp on tying 1867 10¢ yellow green, F. Grill (superb single with enormous margins) on 3¢ Pink entire (U58) with Wells, Fargo & Co. frank and grocer's overall lithographed advertising design to Victoria, Vancouver Island, neat arithmetic notation, faint stain at right, Very Fine and choice, a rare use of the 10¢ to pay required U.S. postage on an express cover carried outside the mails to Vancouver Island, ex-Dale-Lichtenstein, with 2004 P.F. certificate which calls the adhesive a #68, however in our opinion this is the 1867 F.Grill. Scott No. 96  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

Wells Fargo & Co./San Francisco. Violet oval date stamp on fron and reverse of 1893, 2¢ Columbian franked entire to San Francisco, with Los Angeles Chinese Interpreter corner card handstamp at left, Very Fine. Scott No. U349  Estimate $250 - 350. $0 (Image)