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

San Francisco Locals: Appleton's thru Swift's
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1544 c ImageAppleton's Valentine Express, San Francisco. Printed frank with Valentine delivery instructions and 508 and 510 Montgomery St. address, on buff cover to a young lady's San Francisco street address, light wrinkles

EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING AND VERY RARE USED EXAMPLE OF THIS SAN FRANCISCO LOCAL POST'S "VALENTINE EXPRESS" FRANK.

Frey's Valentine Express and Appleton's Valentine Express used distinctive franked envelopes to promote their local Valentine delivery service in San Francisco. Lyons records only this single example of the Appleton's so there are no reported dated examples. They probably were used briefly in the 1864-65 period.

Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. With 2004 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $7,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1545 c ImageComstock's City Letter & Parcel Delivery, San Francisco. Brown local post imprint with black Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank on 3c Red on Buff Nesbitt entire (U10) to San Juan Cal., blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, San Francisco" oval, minor soiling, still Very Fine, Comstock's City Letter and Parcel Delivery, at 124 California Street, operated from 1862-63 and was presumably limited to carrying mail between Wells, Fargo & Co.'s office and outlying areas (the Wells, Fargo office was about two blocks away), Lyons records only three examples of Comstock's envelopes, illustrated in Nathan where called "a great rarity", also noted in Letters of Gold, ex Edwards (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1546 c ImageEarley's San Francisco Letter Express. Five-line label with 630 Montgomery Street office address and "Letters delivered to all parts of the City.", boxed "Paid" handstamp in margin of label which is affixed to back of embossed Valentine addressed to Miss Adelaide Gregory at San Francisco street address, cover with diagonal tear in corner, small toning spots, still Fine and extremely rare, this short lived express was run by S.G. Early before being taken over by John C. Robinson in 1862, Lyons records only two examples with the 630 Montgomery address and one with the 507 address (offered in following lot), with 2013 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $2,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1547 c ImageEarley's San Francisco Letter Express. Five-line label with 507 Montgomery Street office address and "Letters delivered to all parts of the City.", San Francisco street address has been enhanced with pen, small circular repair at bottom right, otherwise Very Fine and rare, this short-lived express was run by S.G. Early before being taken over by John C. Robinson in 1862, Lyons records only this single example with the 507 Montgomery address and two with the 630 address (one offered in previous lot) (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1548 c ImageFrey's Valentine Express, With Compliments of St. Valentine, San Francisco. Red printed advertisement with fancy printed return address for offices in San Francisco, blue "PAID." handstamp on 1864-65 cover to a young lady at local address, sealed tear at bottom and restored bottom flap

EXTREMELY FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE FREY'S SAN FRANCISCO LOCAL VALENTINE COVER.

The New England Valentine Company had an office in Massachusetts and Frey's Valentine Express was their general agent in San Francisco, with an office at 404 Kearny Street. The express covers were advertising envelopes which could contain a Valentine -- in some cases pasted to the back of the envelope. The Frey's envelopes are known in black on orange, red on orange and red on white (the example offered here), with blue "Paid" handstamps. Lyons records only four in total, each unique in either design or color.

Ex Jessup, Pearce, Haas and Kuphal (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1549 c ImageFrey's Valentine Express, With Compliments of St. Valentine, San Francisco. Red printed advertisement with fancy printed return address for offices in San Francisco, blue "PAID." handstamp on 1864-65 orange cover to a local address, some mounting adhesive on back

EXTREMELY FINE AND RARE FREY'S SAN FRANCISCO LOCAL VALENTINE COVER.

The New England Valentine Company had an office in Massachusetts and Frey's Valentine Express was their general agent in San Francisco, with an office at 404 Kearny Street. The express covers were advertising envelopes which could contain a Valentine -- in some cases pasted to the back of the envelope. The Frey's envelopes are known in black on orange, red on orange (the example offered here) and red on white, with blue "Paid" handstamps. Lyons records only four in total, each unique in either design or color.

Ex Dale-Lichtenstein (Image)

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 E. $ 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1550 c ImageGahagan & Howe's City Express, San Francisco. Beautifully struck blue double-line oval "City G. & H. Express/423 Washn St. S.E. Cor/Sansome St." on buff cover to a young lady at local address, Extremely Fine, a scarce San Francisco local post handstamp, Dennis Gahagan and C.E.B. Howe bought Robinson's & Co. San Francisco Letter Express from John C. Robinson in 1864 and sold out to Loomis in early 1865, the office at 423 Washington was only two blocks from the Wells, Fargo office, ex Wiltsee and Pearce (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1551 c ImageGahagan & Howe's City Express, San Francisco. Clearly struck grayish-blue double-line oval "City G. & H. Express/423 Washn St. S.E. Cor/Sansome St." on cover to local address, "F. Boilleau San Francisco" sender's red double oval handstamp, Very Fine, a scarce San Francisco local post handstamp, Dennis Gahagan and C.E.B. Howe bought Robinson's & Co. San Francisco Letter Express from John C. Robinson in 1864 and sold out to Loomis in early 1865, the office at 423 Washington was only two blocks from the Wells, Fargo office, with 2011 P.F. certificate (Image)

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 E. $ 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1552 c ImagePrivate Post Office, San Francisco, 15c Blue on 3c White entire (123LU2a on U58). Elaborately framed frank with letter mailing instructions on 3c Pink entire, blue "Private Post Office No. 5 Kearny St. S.F. June 3" double-circle datestamp cancels embossed stamp, second strike on back, to local address, some staining on front

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED USED EXAMPLE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIVATE POST OFFICE LOCAL PRINTED FRANK ON WHITE.

According to research by John Bowman and Gordon Stimmell (see Penny Post Oct. 2005, pp. 24-25 and Chronicle No. 208, p. 271), the Private Post Office changed its name to the Public Letter Office -- or the other way around depending on one's interpretation of the dates and the evidence connecting the two from the back of a corner cut for the Private Post Office in Stimmell's collection. Before it was believed that the two operations were separate and this is the reason for the separate Scott Catalogue listings (123LU and 125LU).

Ex Dale-Lichtenstein. Scott Retail $4,750.00 (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1553 c ImagePublic Letter Office, San Francisco, 15c Blue on 2c Black entire (125LU3 on U54). Elaborate lettering in the frank with handstamped "Paid 15 cts," on 2c Black Jack entire to local street address, cover was reduced into the printed frank as always but has since been professionally restored

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THIS IS ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED USED EXAMPLES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LETTER OFFICE LOCAL 15-CENT PRINTED FRANK.

According to research by John Bowman and Gordon Stimmell (see Penny Post Oct. 2005, pp. 24-25 and Chronicle 208, p. 271), the Private Post Office changed its name to the Public Letter Office -- or the other way around depending on one's interpretation of the dates and the evidence connecting the two from the back of a corner cut for the Private Post Office in Stimmell's collection. Before it was believed that the two operations were separate and this is the reason for the separate Scott Catalogue listings (123LU and 125LU).

Ex Dale-Lichtenstein and Golden. Scott Retail $5,000.00 (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1554 c ImageRobinson & Co.'s San Francisco Express. Blue printed ribbon-style frank with services described and office located at 611 Montgomery St. on buff cover to local addressee, Very Fine, Robinson & Co. was operated by John C. Robinson, who bought out Early's San Francisco Letter Express in 1862 and continued to deliver mail locally for about one year until selling out to Gahagan & Howe, very few used examples of Robinson's printed franks (two styles) are known, Lyons records only one example of each, the similar frank with 519 Clay address and Sep. 25, 1862, docketing is offered in the following lot, illustrated in 1944 Stamp Specialist White Book on p. 11, ex Jessup, Pearce and Haas (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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