Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4007
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 1L1
Adams & Co.'s Express, California, 1L1, 1854 25c Black on Blue, Unused Very Fine Example of this Great Rarity
No gum, with full to ample margins and side imprints complete. This is a very attractive example of the 25c on Blue Paper, and a great rarity. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 1,500.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:11:55 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4008
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 1L2
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4010
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 1L3
Adams & Co.'s Express, 1L3, 25c Black on Pink, Unused(Image)
Estimate Range:200 to 250US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:13:28 EST
Sold For 100
Bicycle Mail Route
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4014
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 12L2
Bicycle Mail Route, 12L2, 25c Green, Spelling Error Corrected, Unused, Block of 6(Image)
Estimate Range:160 to 200US$
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:15:36 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4015
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 12L2VAR
Bicycle Mail Route, 12L2, 25c Green, Spelling Error Corrected, Unused, Strip of 3 Printing Error, No gutter(Image)
Estimate Range:200 to 250US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:16:20 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4016
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 12L2
Bicycle Mail Route, 12L2, 25c Green, Spelling Error Corrected, Unused(Image)
Estimate Range:30 to 40US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:16:46 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4017
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 12L2
Bicycle Mail Route, 12L2, 25c Green, Spelling Error Corrected, Unused, Block of 6(Image)
Estimate Range:150 to 200US$
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:17:25 EST
Sold For 80
Boyd's
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4018
Symbol:
Wells, Fargo & Co., Printed Frank with Blue Oval Handstamp on 1865 3c Pink Entire, with Black Boyd's Dispatch Circular Datestamp and Matching "PAID" Very Fine and Scarce Conjunctive Usage
Entire with Wells, Fargo paid frank and blue “Wells, Fargo Nov. 18, (1865) San Francisco” oval to New York via PMSS steamer “Constitution,” black “Boyd’s Despatch 39 Fulton St. Dec. 14” datestamp and matching “Paid.” Certificate: PF 619275 (Image)
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:18:14 EST
Sold For 150
California
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4001
Symbol:
1850 Pre-Statehood California Stampless Folded Letter, Transcontinental From San Francisco to Maryland, Large Black "40" Rate Handstamp Rare 40c California to Atlantic Coast Rate, Pre-Statehood
Stampless folded letter datelined San Francisco, August 27, 1850, addressed to Maryland. San Francisco 27 AUG circular datestamp and a manuscript “40” rate marking, rated for the 40c transcontinental rate established by the Act of August 14, 1848 for letters conveyed between the Pacific Coast and the Atlantic states. This rate remained in effect until June 29, 1851.
The letter predates California statehood, which occurred on September 9, 1850.
The enclosed letter contains interesting content discussing receipt of earlier mail, plans to depart for the mines, expectations of winter conditions, family news, financial remittances, agricultural observations, weather patterns, and social life in California during the Gold Rush. Certificate: PF 619058 (Image)
Estimate Range:500 to 600US$
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:07:53 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4044
Symbol: Other
Wells, Fargo & Co's, California Express and Banking Company, Express & Exchange, Large Blue Oval Handstamp on Front Page of 1857 San Francisco Herald Very Scarce California Express Handstamp
Front page of the San Francisco Herald, dated July 25, 1857, with a large blue Wells, Fargo & Co.'s California Express and Banking Company, Express & Exchange, Montgomery St. cor. California, San Francisco oval handstamp. There are various shipping and steamboat advertisements.
There are only a handful of recorded uses of this handstamp, the two others also used on newspapers, with one of the examples also on a partial clipping from the same 1857 San Francisco Herald issue, and another example on the front page of a 1857 San Francisco Daily Globe newspaper. It is likely that this handstamp was used to mark prepaid delivery of bundled newspapers. Certificate: PF 619069 (Image)
Estimate Range:750 to 1,000US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:39:48 EST
Sold For 100
Carnes' City Letter Express
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4022
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 35L2
Carnes City Letter Express, 35L2, 10c Rose, Unused Overprinted Blue “X”(Image)
Estimate Range:150 to 200US$
Opening US$ 220.00
Sold...US$ 220.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:20:37 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4023
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 35L6
Carnes City Letter Express,35L6, 5c Black, Unused Thin on right center. (Image)
Estimate Range:100 to 125US$
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:21:14 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4024
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 35L7
Carnes City Letter Express, 35L7, 5c Blue, Unused The Highest Graded Example of This Issue - PF Graded XF-S 95
Stamp with no gum. An exceptional example, graded Extra Fine to Superb, the highest grade for this issue. Certificate: PF 619241 (Image)
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:21:53 EST
Sold For 150
Freem & Co's Express
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4028
Symbol: Cat No: U10
Freeman & Co's Express, FRM-007 Printed Frank, Diamond Springs Handstamp, on U10 3c Buff Envelope to San Francisco FRM-102 Diamond Springs oval handstamp addressed to Ralston in San Francisco. (Image)
Estimate Range:300 to 400US$
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:23:49 EST
Sold For 150
Greenwood & Newbauer Northern Express
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4030
Symbol: Cat No: U10
Greenwood & Newbauer Northern Express, GRH-001 Printed Frank with GRH-100 Cancel on U10 3c Nesbitt, Manuscript “1” Fretz and Ralston Correspondence
Manuscript “1” written across the embossed 3c indicium. Envelope addressed to Fretz & Ralston in San Francisco. (Image)
Estimate Range:200 to 250US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:24:52 EST
Sold For 100
Metropolitan Errand and Carrier Express Co
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4031
Symbol: Cat No: U15
Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, U15, 10c Green Entire, Carried Outside the Mails, Two Strikes of Metropolitan Errand & Carrier Express "C.O.D." Boxed Handstamp A Rare Western Express and NY Local Combination
Cover carried outside the mails from Sonoma, California and delivered in New York by Metropolitan Errand & Carrier Express. Blue oval “Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Sonoma” handstamp, with the company red frank at top center. Upon arrival in New York, Metropolitan Errand & Carrier Express, applied two strikes of the boxed “C.O.D.” in lozenge handstamp. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:300 to 400US$
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:25:55 EST
Sold For 160
Nevada
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4003
Symbol:
1893, Carson and Genoa Daily Stage, Illustrated Billhead, Wells Fargo and U.S. Mail Stagecoach Illustrated blue vignette of the Carson and Genoa Daily Stage, carrying the United States Mail and Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, signed by agent T. R. Hofer. Billhead dated April 1, 1895, made out to J. and J. Raycraft with blue "PAID" datestamp. (Image)
Estimate Range:200 to 250US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:09:10 EST
Sold For 100
Overland Mail
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4032
Symbol: Cat No: 24, 26
#26, 1857 3c Dull Red, Horizontal Strip of Three, Used with #24, 1857 1c Blue, All Tied by "PAID" In Oval Cancels on Cover Overland Mail
Stamps tied by “PAID” in oval cancels with matching “North San Juan, Cal. Oct. 23” postmark on cover to Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:300 to 400US$
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:26:54 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4033
Symbol: Cat No: 24, 26
#26, 1857 3c Dull Red, Three Singles, Used with #24, 1857 1c Blue, All Tied on Cover "11" Inverted in Hand, Overland Mail, stamp
Three 3c singles used with #24, all tied by “San Francisco, Cal. May 11, 1861” postmark, with “11” inverted, on cover to Golden Hill, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:300 to 400US$
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:27:44 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4034
Symbol: Cat No: 24, 26
#26, 1857 3c Dull Red, Horizontal Pair Used with #24, 1857 1c Blue, All Tied on U27 3c Red on Buff Entire Overland Mail
Entire used with horizontal pair of #26 and single #24, all tied by “Sacramento City, Cal. Feb. 28, 1861” postmarks on cover to New Haven, Connecticut. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:300 to 400US$
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:28:48 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4035
Symbol: Cat No: 26
Overland Mail, Butterfield Stage Route, #26 3c Red Right Margin Horizontal Strip of Four, Tied by Sacramento City Handstamps on 1860 Cover to New York BOLD Strikes of the Sacramento City CDS, Carried Outside the Mails by Stage, Steamboat & Railroad
Stamps tied by 3 bold strikes of “Sacramento, Cal. Jul. 7, 1860” circular datestamps. Addressed to Benjamin Sanders in Herkimer County, New York,by Butterfield stage, steamboat, and railroad, with manuscript “Via Overland Los Angeles. The postage overpaid by 2c, the left stamp pair with perf flaws, the right stamp with a centerline straight edge. Certificate: PF 619049 (Image)
Estimate Range:500 to 600US$
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:30:02 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4036
Symbol: Cat No: 32 Var
#32, 1857 10c Green, Tied by Columbia, California Handstamp on Cover to New York Stamp with Double Transfer, Overland Mail
Single tied by “Columbia, Cal. Dec. 3, 1857” postmark on cover to Bergen, N.Y., stamp with double transfer “U.S. Postage”. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:250 to 300US$
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:30:50 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4037
Symbol: Cat No: 35
#35, 1859 10c Green, Tied by Blue Sonoma, California Handstamp on Cover to New York City Overland Mail
Single tied by blue “Sonoma, Cal. Apr. 1” on cover to New York City, manuscript “By the Steamer.” Stamp with a small stain at top right and a pulled perf at bottom. Cover with a small repair at bottom right. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:200 to 250US$
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:31:27 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4038
Symbol: Cat No: 35
#35, 1859 10c Green, Tied by Grid Cancels on Cover, California to Vermont, "DUE 10" Overland Mail,
Single tied by grid cancels with matching “Pacheco, Cal. Jan. 21” postmark on cover to East Corinth, Vermont, with “Due 10” handstamp. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:200 to 250US$
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:34:06 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4039
Symbol: Cat No: 68, 73
Silver Mountain, California, #68 10c Green and #73 15c Black Jack, 1868 Transatlantic Cover to London Transatlantic Overland Mail,
Cover addressed to Capt James Jones, Charing Cross Hotel, Strand, London England with partial November Silver Mountain, Cal datestamp, partial New York December datestamp and December London handstamp. Manuscript "Please keep until called for" instructions on front with London back cancel. (Image)
Estimate Range:200 to 250US$
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:35:12 EST
Sold For 190
Transatlantic
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4042
Symbol: Cat No: 68
#68 10c Green, Two Singles and Two Vertical Pairs, with Grid Cancels on Transatlantic Cover Front from San Francisco to France, per Steamer Rated 60c
Two vertical pairs and two singles, all with grid cancels and matching “San Francisco, Cal. Dec 13, 1864” postmarks, on cover front addressed to Paris, France via New York. Red New York integral transit marking and red French receiving marking. Manuscript endorsement “per steamer.” The back added to the cover front. One stamp pair with a natural straight edge at right. One pair with a piece missing at the left side of the bottom stamp. Cover front with a tear at right. Certificate: PF 618864 (Image)
Estimate Range:250 to 300US$
Opening US$ 165.00
Sold...US$ 165.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:38:00 EST
Sold For 165
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4043
Symbol: Cat No: 147
#147 3c Green, 1870 National Bank Note, Horizontal Pair, Used on 1871 Transatlantic Cover from Salt Lake City, Utah Territory Rare Territorial Transatlantic Use
Cover postmarked Salt Lake City, Dec 21, 1871, addressed to England. Territorial transatlantic use, with indistinct New York Exchange Office marking. Transited by U.S. Packet to Liverpool, arriving Jan 22, 1872, probably via the Inman Line, departing New York on Jan 6, 1872, and arriving Queenstown Jan 16, 1872. (Image)
Estimate Range:50 to 75US$
Opening US$ 25.00
Sold...US$ 25.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:38:47 EST
Sold For 25
Utah Territory
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4005
Symbol: Cat No: 68
#68, 1861 10c Green, Tied by Carson City, Utah Territory Handstamp on Cover to New York, "DUE 10" Very Fine Utah Territory Usage
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4051
Symbol: Cat No: 143L7, U35
Wells, Fargo & Co., Virginia Pony Express, 143L7, 10c Brown, Tied by Blue Company Handstamp on Piece of U35 Envelope with Wells Fargo Frank Virginia Pony Express Usage
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4056
Symbol: Stamp
Cat No: 143L9
Wells, Fargo & Co. Pony Express, 143L9, 25c Red, Unused, Bottom Margin Horizontal Pair No gum, with crease between the stamps. Certificate:Click Here to View Certificate(Image)
Estimate Range:160 to 200US$
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:53:37 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4060
Symbol: Cat No: U35
Wells, Fargo & Co., Blue Oval Murphy's Camp Handstamp to San Francisco, on 3c U35 Pink Entire Vertical docketing at left reading “Aug 22 / 62” and “Sep 4 / ” on the front. Opened at right with small tear at upper right. (Image)
Estimate Range:100 to 125US$
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 50.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 16:57:40 EST
Sold For 50
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4063
Symbol: Cat No: U59
Wells, Fargo & Co., U 59 3c Pink, Blue Virginia City N.T. Handstamp to San Francisco Nevada Territory(Image)
Estimate Range:150 to 200US$
Opening US$ 110.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 17:00:02 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4064
Symbol: Cat No: U71
Wells Fargo and Co., Virginia, Nevada, U71, 24c Blue Legal Size Entire, Type E Printed Frank with Partial Purple Company Oval Handstamp Very Fine
Legal size entire with Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank, entire with preprinted address to The Bank of California, San Francisco Cal. and "From Gold Hill Agency" (Image)
Estimate Range:300 to 400US$
Opening US$ 190.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-21-2026, 17:00:44 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 2026Winter
Lot No: 4066
Symbol: Cat No: U257
Wells, Fargo & Co., Legal Size, Virginia City, Nevada to The Nevada Bank of San Francisco Unlisted U257 Manila or U259 Manila Amber
Multiple purple Wells Fargo & Co. Express oval handstamps, including Virginia City, Nevada, and San Francisco, California. (Image)
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