• Login (enter your user name) and Password
    Please Login. You are NOT Logged in.

    Quick Search:

  • To see new sales and other StampAuctionNetwork® news in your Facebook newsfeed then Like us on Facebook!

Login to Use StampAuctionNetwork®.
New Member? Click "Register".

StampAuctionNetwork® Extended Features


More Useful Information:
 
You are not logged in. Please Login so that we can determine your registration status with this firm. If you have never registered, please register by pressing the [Quick Signup (New to StampAuctionNetwork)] button. Then Login.      Listen to Live Audio!
 
Quick Navigation by Category  The Dr. James Milgram Collection of Western Postal (204)   |  United States (550)   | 
 

logo

The Dr. James Milgram Collection of Western Postal History continued...

Western Express - Central Overland to Greenhood & continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
841     U10 imageEnvelope, 1854, Nesbitt 1st Issue, 3¢ red on buff, "THREE" in medium wide label with curved ends. Light blue oval handstamp (Thomas FRM-103) with red Freeman's printed frank (Thomas FRM-007) on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire (U10) to San Francisco; minor backflap damage and tiny tear above indicium, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. U10; Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)

Get Market Data for [United States U10] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census

Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
842       imageFreeman & Co.'s Express, Mok. Hill. Blue company oval (FRM-102) on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco with red Freeman's printed frank entire (FRM-007), very light stain in bottom left corner, Very Fine, one of only a handful of Freeman's Mokelumne Hill handstamps.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
843     U10 imageEnvelope, 1854, Nesbitt 1st Issue, 3¢ red on buff, "THREE" in medium wide label with curved ends. Blue oval handstamp (Thomas FRM-103) with red Freeman's printed frank (Thomas FRM-007) on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire (U10) to San Francisco, Very Fine.
Scott No. U10; Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)

Get Market Data for [United States U10] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census

Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
844       imageForwarded by Freeman & Co.'s Express San Francisco. Bold blue company oval handstamp (FRE-104) on buff cover to Mess Warren & Co, Sacramento City; pencil notation at bottom left "S.F. Apr 11, 1851", Extremely Fine, ex-Dale-Lichtenstein & Whitington.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
845       imageFreeman & Co's Express San Francisco. Perfect strike of red oval company handstamp (FRM-101) on outer folded lettersheet from Cuba with "Reply By Freeman & Co.s Express" two line handstamp in red (FRM-400) on verso; internal docketing indicates origination in "Havane 22 Decbr 1855, Receive 16 Jan 56, Repl 19 Jan 56", Extremely Fine and choice, an exceptionally nice example showing both Freeman's handstamps in bright red ink.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1) (Image2)

image

Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
846       imageFreeman & Co's Express San Francisco. Red company oval (Thomas FRM-101) with blue merchant oval "Campbell & Caro Havane" on outer wrapper of folded letter from Cuba to San Francisco, verso with "Reply By Freeman & Cos Express" two line handstamp in red (FRM-400), internal docketing indicates mailing from Havana 25 Decbr 1855, received 16 Jan 56, Reply 4 Feb; horizontal file fold, Very Fine and choice, a very appealing cover with bonus of the reply by straight-line on verso.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
847       imageForwarded By J.M. Freeman Agent of Adams & Co.s Express Panama. Sharp red oval company handstamp (ADA-114) on buff cover to Santiago, Chile; minor scuffs in address, Extremely Fine, a very rare Adams forwarding agent handstamp, one of only four examples of this Adams handstamp known.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
848       imageGray's Cal. Express. Bold black shield company handstamp (Thomas GRA-100) on bluish folded letter to Wisconsin, entered the mails with orange-red "San Francisco Cal. 19 Jun" cds and matching boxed "10" rate (due) handstamp; datelined "California, May 7 1850" with contents, in part, "…I wrote you a long letter also one to Mr. Tuttle about a month since, and have just learned that the man by whom they were sent to the office got drunk and lost them on the way. Should the finder be kind enough to take them to the office they may reach you yet. I am now located on the middle fork of the American River about 100 miles from Sacramento City which is the nearest P.O. An expressman comes up regularly after the arrival of each mail carrying letters to and from for two dollars each…Jno. H. Lewis", letter goes on to describe the writer's mining activities, gold payouts, etc.; two light vertical file folds, one thru express handstamp and one thru postal rate handstamp, Very Fine and choice, written up by Dr. Milgram in the March, 2018 issue of Western Express.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

ONE OF ONLY SEVEN EXAMPLES RECORDED IN THOMAS AND THOUGHT TO BE THE FINEST KNOWN EXAMPLE FROM THIS EXPRESS. (Image1)

Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
849       imageGreen's Express. Red oval handstamp (Thomas GEE-100) on circa 1854 brown cover to "US Hotel, Nevada"; pencil notation on verso "Clinton Jul 5, 1854" may indicate the contents this envelope once contained (now missing), light wrinkling, Very Fine, One of six known examples per the Thomas book census., ex-Knapp.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Jerry A. Green operated a small, possibly one-man, express from Nevada City and Grass Valley, California in 1853-1854. He served the mining camps between the two cities that were located along the Yuba River and the areas around the two cities. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
850     U9 imageEnvelope, 1854, Nesbitt 1st Issue, 3¢ red, "THREE" in medium wide label with curved ends. Blue double-oval handstamp (Thomas GRH-100) and manuscript "June 1st" cancels 1853-55 3¢ red (U9) Nesbitt entire to San Francisco Cal., printed Greenhood & Newbauer frank (GRH-001); large portion of backflap missing, Very Fine.
Scott No. U9; Estimate $150 - 200. (Image1)

Get Market Data for [United States U9] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
851       imageGreenhood & Newbauer, Weaverville, May 4. Bold double circle date stamp (GHR-101) on 1864, 3¢ pink entire with black company frank (GRH-001) to San Francisco; part of backflap torn away, Very Fine and choice, a very scarce usage of the double circle Weaverville date stamp, as most Greenhood & Newbauer covers are found with the company oval handstamp.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
Western Express - Gregory's to Hopkinson's
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
852       imageGregory's Express. Excellent strike of blue two-line handstamp (GRE-100) on cover to San Francisco with matching "Paid" in oval handstamp; portion of backflap neatly cut away, Extremely Fine and attractive.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

LIKELY THE FINEST KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THE BLUE GREGORY'S STRAIGHT LINE HANDSTAMP. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
853       imageGregory's Express. Bold strike of blue two-line handstamp (GRE-100) on cover to San Francisco, with matching "Not Paid" in oval handstamp; dark appearing cover due to the paper used in manufacture of the envelope, still Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
854       imageGregory's Express. Large red two line handstamp (GRE-101) on "Dec 16, 1851" folded letter from Sacramento to San Francisco, red "Paid" double oval handstamp (GRE-111) at right; light horizontal filefold, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

Joseph W. Gregory operated his express from Feb, 1850 to May 1, 1853, being one of the earliest expressmen in California. His early straight line handstamps are known in red, blue and black. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
855       imageGregory's Express. Two folded covers from Scotland with Gregory's Express markings from the Daniel Gibb correspondence to San Francisco, both with black four-line company handstamp "Gregory's Atlantic and Pacific, Express, Forwarded by Thompson & Hitchcock, 149 Pearl Street, N.Y." (Thomas GRE-123), basically identical however one without the "NY" in handstamp (Thomas GRE-122), one with complete contents & other outer lettersheet only, some faults, Fine and scarce.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Complete images:
View gallery or Download PDF (4.6MB). (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
856       imageGregory's Express Office, Marysville. Blue three-line company handstamp (GRE-117) with matching blue "Not Paid" (GRE-108) with manuscript "50" (express fee due) beneath on buff cover to San Jose, Cal., Very Fine and choice, one of only two examples known, with only one reported in Thomas' book.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
857       imageGregory's New York & California Express. Sharp strike of blue company serrated oval (GRE-128) with matching "NOT PAID" handstamp (also noted in Thomas' as GRE-128) on outer lettersheet to San Francisco; two light vert. file folds affecting markings, missing bottom flap, Very Fine and choice, a very rare Gregory's marking, the first marking used at Sacramento.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
858       imagePr Gregory's Express pr Nicaragua Route. Manuscript sender's directive on buff cover to New Bedford, with manuscript "paid" and handstamp "1" (cent drop rate in New Bedford); docketing on front indicates "Feby 14, 1852"; ink erosion spot in left margin, some corner wear and abrasion, missing part of backflap, F.-V.F., west to east express cover carried by Gregory's Express.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
859       imageGregory's Express Pocket Letter Book. Small, 3" x 4¾" "Gregory's Express Pocket Letter Book" with 20 pages of faintly lined paper and cover printed in gold on glossy black, USED with all pages filled with original text, as written up by Dr. Milgram in the March, 2020 issue of Western Express, the contents begin with an entry datelined "Sacramento May 11, 1851" with details of the writer's mining adventures and hard work, great fires in San Francisco, Stockton & Nevada City, signed Geo W. Moore; light wear as one would expect from a used example of one of these letterbooks, Very Fine for this, a rare used example of Gregory's Express letterbooks., this is the subject of an article for the Western Express (March 2020) by Dr. Milgram.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

The booklet is "Designed to facilitate correspondence between cities and towns, and the mining districts in California, and all parts of the United States" and "which, with the envelope, will not exceed the weight of a single letter". The inside and back covers list Gregory's locations, services and newspaper endorsements. (Image1)

Get Market Data for [United States Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census

Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
860       imageGregory's Express Office, San Francisco. Blue three-line company handstamp (GRE-110) with matching blue "Free J.W.G." (initials for Joseph Gregory) company oval (GRE-204c) on outer lettersheet to Hamilton, Butte Co., Cal.; vertical file fold, missing portion of one backflap, Very Fine, one of only a few known examples of this free handstamp.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction

Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

StampAuctionNetwork® is a registered trademark of Droege Computing Services, Inc | StampAuctionCentral and StampAuctionNetwork® are Copyright © 1994-2026 Droege Computing Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Mailing Address: 20 West Colony Place, Suite 120, Durham NC 27705 | If you want to talk to me about anything other than selling your stamps, call 919-403-9459 and ask for Tom Droege, or email support@stampauctionnetwork.com We can help you evaluate or sell your collection so... Click here for help selling your Collection. Once you follow the instructions we can talk. But first we have a process. Sign up for a paid or free membership | Lost your Links? Return to StampAuctionNetwork® | Instructional Videos - Master StampAuctionNetwork® | Sign up for our Newsletter | Terms and Conditions.