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Western Expresses - Adams to Truman continued...
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 741 |
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 Tracy & Co. Express, Dalles. Blue oval handstamp tying 1861, 3¢ rose (65) on cover to Jacksonville, Or., black company ribbon frank at top left; couple small cover edge flaws, otherwise Very
Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Carried by steamboat down the Columbia river to Portland and then on the California Stage Co. stagecoach to Jacksonville. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 742 |
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 Tracy & Co. Express, Paid. Printed frank with fancy boxed "Paid." (TRA-006) on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt front used as an unaddressed part paste-up and attached to reverse back of other cover, canceled by
choice strike of blue "Tracy & Co. Express, Portland" oval handstamp; light stains and slightly reduced at sides, F.-V.F. for this, an extremely rare Tracy & Co. printed frank, the only example recorded in Thomas.
Estimate; $500 -
750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$240.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 743 |
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 Tracy & Co. Express, Portland. Two strikes of blue oval handstamp one cancelling 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Walla, Walla, W.T. and other struck without town used as a frank, with Wells, Fargo &
Co. printed frank at top; slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, a choice combination usage, this cover was carried by Tracy & Co. from Portland about 250 miles inland to Walla Walla in Washington Territory.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 744 |
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 Tracy & Co. Express, Walla Walla. Blue oval handstamp (TRA-101n) tying 1857, 1¢ blue, type V, horizontal pair on 1860, 1¢ Star Die rebacked front to Portland, O., company ribbon frank at
upper left; soiling and repairs including top portion of indicia restored, Fine appearance, still a very rare uprated 1¢ Star Die usage, ex-Lichtenstein.
Scott No. 24; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 745 |
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 Truman & Co.'s Express, Paid. Black printed company frank (TRE-003) on 1864, 3¢ pink entire (U59) to San Francisco, pencil dating canceling; entire reduced at left, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150
- 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$70.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Western Expresses - Wells, Fargo & Co.
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Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 746 |
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 Wells, Fargo & Co., Boise Mines--Paid 50 Cts. Red printed frank on 1860, 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco, Cal., canceled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Umatilla, Ogn., Nov 12" oval date stamp;
slightly reduced at right, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Carried from the Boise Mines to Umatilla where datestamped, then down the Columbia river by steamboat. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 747 |
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 Wells, Fargo & Co., Carson City. Perfectly struck blue dateless handstamp on 1861 3¢ pink entire with printed address of "The Mexican Silver Mining Co., Virginia City.", Extremely
Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$70.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 748 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co., Express, Deming, N.M. Blue oval handstamp canceling on 1883, 2¢ red entire to San Francisco, black company frank, with manuscript "$10.00" cross out in pencil, reverse year docketed
"29.4.84" and "Geo. W. Bettle, Deming N.M., sent 10" confirming money enclosure, F.-V.F., a very rare Wells, Fargo & Co. handstamp from Deming, New Mexico.
Estimate; $250 - 350. (Image1)
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Est. $250-350
Selling for...$120.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 749 |
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 Wells, Fargo & Co., Ehrenberg, Dec 8. Blue oval cancel 3¢ green entire with "Wells, Fargo & Co." paid frank from the Whipple correspondence to San Diego Cal., photocopy of original 1877 letter
accompanies; restored at right slightly affecting indicia, Fine appearance.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
THE ONLY RECORDED WELLS FARGO & CO. EHRENBERG USE.
The winter snows of 1868 brought devastating spring floods to the
Colorado River and interrupted the easy steamboat service La Paz had enjoyed. The heavy river flow scoured the mainstream of the Color River so deeply that steamers could no longer gain access to the town of La Paz by the shallow La Paz slough.
Efforts to link La Paz to the mainstream nearly two miles away by a corduroy wagon road proved unsuccessful. Such isolation from steamboat traffic marked the rapid decay of La Paz as the principal supply point on the river. In a very short time the
firm of Gray & Co. dissolved. The town's next largest mercantile firm, J. Goldwater & Bro., built a new store and warehouse on more solid ground near the east anchore of the Bradshaw Ferry six miles to the south. Thus began an exodus from La Paz and
the conversion of the scattered adobes and jacals of Olive City and Mineral City into a new thriving community that Mike Goldwater - grandfather of Arizona's U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater - decided to call Ehrenberg for a German friend who had been
murdered by Indias in 1866. By 1871, there were only two Wells Fargo offices in Arizona Territory - at Ehrenberg and Arizona City (Yuma).
(Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 750 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co., Golconda, Sep 11. Blue oval date stamp on 1864, 3¢ pink entire to Silver City, Idaho Terr., black company frank; reduced at left, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$70.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 751 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co., Express, Hawthorne, Nev. Red oval handstamp canceling on 1870, 3¢ green entire to San Francisco, Cal., black company frank at top, fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 -
150. (Image1)
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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$40.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 752 |
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 W(ells). F(argo). & Co. Express, Messenger, 91. Red oval handstamp canceling on 2¢ brown entire to San Francisco, black printed company frank at top and reverse with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., San
Francisco, Jun 1, 1885" oval receiving date stamp; few small opening tears at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
(Image1)
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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$40.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 753 |
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U198 |
 Wells Fargo & Co., Paid. Black company frank on 1874, 15¢ orange entire to Potsdam, Prussia, uprated with 1882, 5¢ yellow brown (205) all canceled by cork handstamps, blue
"San Francisco, Cal., Registered, Apr 12, 1883" origin date stamp, registry exchange etiquette and transit backstamps; some edge toning at top of entire and one a few perfs of stamp, F.-V.F., a very rare high value Plimpton entire registered
express usage.
Scott No. U198; Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 754 |
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 Wells, Fargo & Co. "Pioneerville, I.T., Aug 6". Manuscript postmark on manuscript canceled 1864, 3¢ pink entire to Salem, O., black printed company frank at top; slightly reduced at left and slight
soiling, F.-V.F., an early usage from the Pioneerville post office.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 755 |
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U33 |
 Wells Fargo & Co. Red Frank. At center on 1860, 10¢ Star Die entire to New York City, carried by Wells, Fargo & Co. via Los Angeles over the Butterfield Route in 1861 to it's eastern terminus where it
entered the U.S. mails with "Saint Louis, Mo., Oct 26" cds; minor stain and slightly reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine, a very scarce red frank usage on a 10¢ Star Die entire.
Scott No. U33; Estimate $400 - 600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 756 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co., Roseburg, O., May _. Neat full strike of oval date stamp canceling on fresh 1864, 3¢ pink entire to San Francisco, black printed company frank at top and 1869 company receiving date
stamp on reverse, Extremely Fine, wonderfully choice.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$70.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 757 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co. Express, S. Frco., Dec 6. Two strikes of blue cds tying 1857, 3¢ dull red (26) and canceling on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Roseburg, Oregon, with brown allover Simon &
Bohm, San Francisco merchant shaded ad and black Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank printed vertically at right over indicia and reading top to bottom, matching boxed "Collect" handstamps one over struck with oval "Paid" handstamp correcting
error, manuscript Via Yreka & Jacksonville routing endorsement at top and 1859 docketing at left; entire with opening tear and missing most of bottom flap, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
We know of one other later
Simon & Bohm shaded ad usages (different design) with vertical frank at right, however the frank reads from bottom to top. This entire was carried by Wells, Fargo & Co. north to Yreka and handed over to C.C. Beekman for carriage to Jacksonville,
Oregon. It is not clear how the entire got from Jacksonville to Roseburg since E.W. Tracy had not extended his express that far south.
(Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 758 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co. Express, S. Frco., Aug 28. Bold blue cds canceling on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Roseburg, Ogn., with manuscript "via Yreka" routing endorsement, black company printed frank at top
and fancy "H. Sharp & Co., San Francisco" merchant corner card at left, handed over to Beekman Express in Yreka, carried north and dropped in the mails with "Jacksonville, Ogn., Sep 3" cds, 1860 docketing at upper left, Extremely
Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 759 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co. Express, S. Frco., Mar 5. Blue cds on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Roseburg, Ogn., black company printed frank at top and fancy "C. Stevens & Co., Importers of Watched And Jewelry"
merchant corner card at left, manuscript "via Umpqua" routing endorsement and 1860 docketing at upper left; small piece of backflap missing, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 760 |
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 Wells Fargo & Co. Express, S. Frco., Jan 22. Blue cds canceling on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Roseburg, Ogn., black company printed frank at top and fancy "H. Sharp & Co., San Francisco" merchant
corner card at left, carried by ship north and entered the mails with "Scottsburg, Or., Feb 6" cds additionally canceling, 1861 docketing, Extremely Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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