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

Western Expresses: Mead & Clark thru Pacific
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1659 c ImagePaid Mead & Clarke. Over Our Clear Creek Route. Printed frank in the style of Wells, Fargo & Co. (Thomas MEC-001) on 3c Pink on White entire (U58), paste-up (buff cover to Hon. B. D. Wilson at Lake Vineyard in Los Angeles County Cal. was on paste-up side but has been removed and does not accompany), conjunctive use with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Jun. 12" oval datestamp on franked entire, opened at right slightly into embossed stamp (extended with part of frame drawn in), some lightened stain spots, still Fine, according to Nathan this small express company ran in 1864-66 between Fort Miller (now Fresno) and Snellings Ranch (near Merced) in the Clear Creek mining region, this southbound express cover was given to Wells, Fargo & Co. in San Francisco, then to Mead & Clarke for delivery to B. D. Wilson, a prominent Californian who acquired land from one of the original Mexican claimants (Wilson named his ranch Lake Vineyard), to emphasize the rarity of this express company's franks, no examples were contained in the 1997 or 2004 Dale-Lichtenstein sales or the Barkhausen collection, the Thomas book lists only two examples (one without information), illustrated in Letters of Gold (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1660 c ImageEnglish & Wells. Moore's Flat and Eureka Express. Ornately framed printed frank (Thomas ENW-002) on legal-size 12c Red Brown on Buff entire (U69), conjunctive paste-up use to San Francisco with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Nevada Oct. 13" oval datestamp, vertical file fold and slight crease at upper right, otherwise Very Fine, in 1868 L.H. Wells purchased John Gregory's half interest in Gregory & English's operation, the company became English & Wells and ran their express to the mining camps of Moore's Flat and Eureka South, connecting with Wells, Fargo & Co. at Nevada City and Emigrant Gap (Thomas p. 529 and explained in this frank), their franks on 3c entires are scarce, but this used 12c entire is believed to unique (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1661 c Image(English & Wells) Moore's Flat Express May. 10. Clear strike of blue oval datestamp (Thomas ENW-200) with stars at sides on paste-up 3c Pink on White entire (U58) with "Paid Pacific Union Express" ribbon frank, addressed to San Francisco, "Nevada City Cal. May 20" duplex cancels embossed stamp, Very Fine, this Moore's Flat Express handstamp is attributed to English & Wells' Moore's Flat and Eureka Express, it is very rare with only three examples recorded by Lyons -- the other two showing evidence of exchange with Wells, Fargo & Co., this was mailed rather than exchanged by expresses and was never carried by Pacific Union, ex Clifford, Haas, and Edwards, illustrated in Nathan and Letters of Gold on p. 204 (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1662 c ImageGregory & English's Moore's Flat and Eureka Express. Printed frank in ornamental frame "Connecting with Wells, Fargo & Co. at Nevada City Cal." (Thomas GRE-002), on 3c Pink on White entire (U58) to San Francisco, "Moore's Flat Cal. Apr. 2" circular datestamp and grid cancel, bottom right corner slightly clipped and repaired, otherwise Very Fine, this express was operated briefly by J. R. English and a partner John S. Gregory, from approximately March 1866 to March 1867 (or June 1868), between Nevada City and Eureka, connecting with Wells, Fargo & Co., Gregory sold his interest to L.H. Wells in June 1868, its franks are rare with only approximately ten recorded (Thomas pp. 533-534), ex Edwards (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1663 c ImageL. H. Wells' Moore's Flat and Eureka Express. Paid. Printed frank in a fancy frame with "Connecting at Nevada City and Emigrant Gap" (Thomas WES-001), on 3c Pink on White entire (U58) cancelled by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Nevada May 10" oval datestamp, addressed to San Francisco, 1870 backstamp, opened a bit roughly at left, still Very Fine, after Joseph R. English sold his interest in English & Wells, L. H. Wells became the sole proprietor of this service which operated a stage and express between the middle and south fork of the Yuba River, connecting with Wells, Fargo & Co. at Nevada City (Thomas, p. 536), this ornately framed frank remained the same through several name changes from English & Wells thru Wells & Herring's, only approximately eight entires are known of this frank with the L.H. Wells name (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1664 c ImageWells & Herring's Moore's Flat & Eureka Express. Printed frank in ornamental frame (Thomas WEH-005) on 3c Green entire (U82) to New Zealand Hotel in San Francisco, conjunctive use with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co., Nevada" oval datestamp, with additional Wells, Fargo San Francisco receiving datestamp of Aug. 2 at bottom left, some slight soiling along edge, still Very Fine and rare, L. H. Wells took on Absalom W. Herring as a partner in March 1870 and operated as Wells & Co. and then Wells & Herring's, running the same route as its predecessor company, in 1872 advertisements for this express stopped appearing and were replaced with ads for Wells & Trotter (no franks known, Thomas p. 539), this ornately framed frank remained the same through several name changes from English & Wells thru Wells & Herring's, this is one of the rarest versions with only six used entires recorded in Thomas, with 2011 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1665 c Image"Pr. Myers Express". Sender's manuscript endorsement (Thomas MYE-900) on brown cover to San Francisco street address, from the McKay correspondence, Fine, this is the only recorded artifact linked to the express operated by Samuel H. Myers, "The Cayoosh Expressman", between Port Douglas and Cayoosh, British Columbia, in 1859-61, Myers was also an agent for the newspaper British Colonist of Victoria V.I., his name appeared in the paper's masthead, ex Haas and Edwards (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1666 c ImageNewell & Co's Express San Francisco. Blue double oval handstamp (Thomas NEW-100) at lower left on buff cover with red "Adams & Co. Express San Francisco California" shield corner card, addressed to Mokelumne Hill Cal., manuscript "Free" by Adams who handed off to Newell for delivery at Mokelumne Hill, central filing crease and tiny edge tears, appears Very Fine, a rare conjunctive cover, in Oct. 1851 L. W. Newell and E. W. Colt, partners of Todd & Co. bought out their other partners and changed the name to Newell & Co., they had a strong affiliation with Adams & Co. and connected with them in San Francisco, they ran two routes from San Francisco, one through Stockton to Sonora to the southern mines and the other via ocean steamers to Oregon Territory (see cover in following lot), they either sold the operation to Adams in 1853 or closed when Adams failed, there are only four recorded examples of this handstamp (Thomas book p. 549) (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1667 c Image"Pr Newell & Co's Express". Manuscript endorsement (Thomas NEW-203) with clear strike of blue "Adams & Co's Express San Francisco" serrated oval handstamp on Jan. 3, 1857 folded letter to Portland O.T., small sealed tear at top, Very Fine and scarce conjunctive use, this was brought to Newell & Co. in San Francisco for carriage to Portland, Lyons records only two examples of letters carried on Newell's route to Portland, illustrated in Thomas book on p. 549, with 2011 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1668 c ImageNichols & Co.'s Express. Paid. Printed frank (with small "Paid.", Thomas NIC-002) on 3c Red on White Nesbitt entire (U9) cancelled by red "Nichols & Co.'s Express San Francisco" oval handstamp and manuscript "X", to San Francisco street address (McKay correspondence) with sender's instructions "Please deliver immediately", couple small stains, still Very Fine, a choice and scarce example of Nichols & Co.'s distinctive express frank, which depicts a dog guarding a safe, sailing schooner, steam vessel and railroad train, rare on 3c entires, Nichols Express commenced operations in 1858 and connected with Alta and Freeman's, in late 1858 or 1859 they consolidated with American Express, both companies used this distinctive frank design, only seven of this style are recorded in Thomas, ex Dale-Lichtenstein (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,300.00
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1669 c ImageNorthern Pacific Express Co. Printed frank in black (Thomas NOR-001a) on 2c Red entire (U227) to Portland Ore., bold purple "Northern Pacific Express Co. San Francisco, Cal. Oct. 18, 1883" double-oval datestamp, Extremely Fine, a very rare used express frank, especially in this immaculate condition, only three used franks are recorded in Thomas (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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