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

Western Expresses: American Express thru Eureka continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1591 c ImageBuckley's Express Paid. Blue framed handstamped frank (Thomas BUK-100) on 3c Green entire (U82), usual conjunctive use with black printed Wells, Fargo & Co. frank to San Francisco, minor opening fault at top left and missing part of backflap, otherwise Very Fine, scarce frank from this small express that ran between Bakersfield and Kernsville Cal. (connecting with Wells Fargo), only approximately ten are recorded, nearly all from the William Willis correspondence, another example in the same hand as the cover offered here originated in Darwin Cal. (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1592 c ImageChase's Express, Yreka Deadwood & Indian Creek Paid. Colorless embossed frank (Thomas CHA-002) at top left of cover to San Francisco, conjunctive use with red "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Sacramento" oval handstamp, minor edgewear, still Very Fine and scarce, the Thomas book records only seven examples (including one in Wlitsee collection) ex Geisler, with 1976 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1593 c ImageChester P. Fox's Half-Moon & San Francisco Express. Red three-line rectangular printed frank (Thomas FOX-001) on yellow cover to San Francisco address, slightly reduced at right

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. BY FAR THE FINER OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS RARE FRANK AND THE ONLY EXAMPLE AVAILABLE TO COLLECTORS.

Chester P. Fox's Half-Moon & San Francisco Express operated in 1862 between San Francisco and the Half-Moon Bay area in San Mateo county. The only other recorded example is in the Wiltsee collection at the Wells, Fargo & Co. museum. The Wiltsee cover shows significant staining at left and reduction to the edge of the frank. Neither cover has any indication of U.S. postage.

With 2011 P.F. certificate. (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1594 c ImageCram Rogers & Co. Express, Shasta. Clear strike of double-line oval handstamp (Thomas CRA-101), used in conjunction with "Adams & Co. San Francisco Aug. 12" blue double-circle datestamp on brown cover to Indian Agent at Scott's Valley Cal., couple tiny mended nicks at bottom, Very Fine, Cram Rogers was one of the expresses linked to Adams & Co., operating from 1851 until the demise of Adams in 1855, ex Clifford and Haas (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1595 c ImageEureka Express Co. Printed frank (Thomas EUR-001) on 3c Green entire (U82) to San Francisco, usual conjunctive use with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Nevada, Cal. Aug. 27" oval datestamp, 1873 docketing on back, Very Fine, ex Chaloner (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1596 c ImageEureka Express Co. Printed frank (Thomas EUR-002) on legal-size 6c Red on White entire (U181) to San Francisco, usual conjunctive use with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Nevada, Cal. Jul. 6" oval datestamp, small opening tears at top, still Very Fine, this frank is extremely rare on the 6c entire, especially in used condition (Lyons records only two examples) (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1597 c ImageEureka Express Co. Blue printed frank (Thomas EUR-003) with Columbian Issue imprint on 2c Columbian entire (U349) to San Francisco, cancelled by San Francisco Mar. 31, 1894 duplex, receiving backstamp, purple "C. E. Miller" straightline handstamp, Very Fine and rare, only four used examples are recorded in Thomas, ex Dale-Lichtenstein (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1598 c ImageEureka, Rohnerville & Hydesville Express. Bullard & Sweasey, Proprietors. Large handstamped frank with illustration of 4-horse stagecoach on back of 3c Green entire (U82) to San Francisco, "Eureka Cal. Sep. 1" (ca. 1870) circular datestamp, Very Fine, research by William W. Sammis identifies Bullard and Sweasey as blacksmiths and Sweasey separately as a livery stable operator in Hydesville in 1878, they probably ran the express for a brief period in 1870, this is the only recorded example of the frank seen by Sammis or recorded by Lyons, unlisted in Thomas (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

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