Wells, Fargo & Co., Pony Express, 143L4, $2 Green, Unused, Large Part Original Gum
Sound four-margined example, fresh and clean in deep color.
The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 - Day 2
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Jun 27, 2026 America/Los_Angeles
Americana Stamps The Philatelic Icons Sale 2026 - Day 2
Saturday Jun 27, 2026 19:00 to 23:00 America/Los_Angeles America/Los_Angeles
We are honored to present The Philatelic Icons Sale, the largest and most significant auction Americana Stamps has ever offered.
America's history lives in the letters that crossed goldfields and battle lines, in express covers that linked frontier towns to the outside world, and in the stamps that mark how a young country built its postal system from scratch. This sale brings together more than 1,500 lots that trace that story, including philatelic icons seldom offered to the public.
This auction is a natural fit for 2026, the 250th year of the United States, and for the Boston 2026 World Expo (May 23 to 30, Booth 141), the once-per-decade international exhibition where we are proud to open the sale. More than 750 lots are accompanied by Philatelic Foundation certifications, the largest concentration of certified material we have ever offered in a single sale.
As always, the sale is designed to serve both the collector and the researcher. Whenever available, you can expect:
✔ High-resolution imagery of all aspects of the item
✔ Links to reference articles and supporting research
✔ Links to philatelic certifications
✔ Census data and population insights
✔ Provenance details to trace notable histories
Whether you are pursuing a long-sought rarity or simply enjoy the chance to study material of this caliber, we invite you to explore the Philatelic Icons Sale and join us in Boston for our largest in-person preview to date.
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Lot #6025 - Western Express & Postal History Wells, Fargo & Co.
Price: $ 120.00
Lot #6026 - Western Express & Postal History Wells, Fargo & Co.
Wells, Fargo & Co., Pony Express, 143L5, $4 Black, Unused, Original Gum, Lightly Hinged
Clean and crisp with clear to ample margins all around, Very Fine.
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #6027 - Western Express & Postal History Wells, Fargo & Co.
Wells, Fargo & Co., 143L6, $1 Blue, Unused, Original Gum
Original Gum (paper adherence) with four full margins, cleanly printed in bold color; diagonal crease, ink line bisecting shield, see footnote in Scott for genuine stamp with line.
Price: $ 170.00
Lot #6028 - Western Express & Postal History Wells, Fargo & Co.
Wells, Fargo & Co., 143L6, $1 Blue "Garter", Used with Magenta Vertical Line Cancel
Small repair at top left.
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #6029 - Western Express & Postal History Wells, Fargo & Co.
Wells, Fargo & Co. Virginia City Pony Express, 143L8, 25c Blue, Unused, No Gum
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #6030 - Western Express & Postal History Wells, Fargo & Co.
Wells, Fargo & Co., 143L9, 25c Red, Pony Express, Used with Blue Well's, Fargo Cancel
Used with blue Wells Fargo cancel.
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #6031 - Western Express & Postal History Wells, Fargo & Co.
Wells, Fargo & Co., 143LP10, Tied by Blue Oval Handstamp, on Wrapper Piece
Blue, For Publishers' Use, Newspaper. Rough margins touching frameline, tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, San Frnco. Cal." on piece of wrapper, stained, scarce
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #6032 - Western Express & Postal History PONY EXPRESS
Wells, Fargo & Co. Pony Express, 143L1, $2 Red, Uncancelled on U16 10c Green Nesbitt Front on Eastbound Trip to Washington, DC An Attractive Eastbound Pony Express Front
$2 Red Pony Express stamp, uncancelled, affixed at upper left on 10c Green Nesbitt entire (U16), front only, with red "PAID / Wells, Fargo & Co. / Through Our California and Atlantic Express" printed frank and green "St. Joseph Mo. Jul 8" circular datestamp....
Price: $ 1,500.00
Lot #6033 - Western Express & Postal History PONY EXPRESS
Wells, Fargo & Co. Eastern Transcontinental Pony Express Frank, Type I (WFE-097), "Free" Company Use to Official N. H. Stockwell Only Three Other Known Examples, This being the Only Known "Free" Usage
An attractive usage of the Wells, Fargo & Co. 1/2 OUNCE PAID FROM St. JOSEPH TO PLACERVILLE PER PONY EXPRESS, Type I, printed frank. The Type I printed frank was used to prepay the $2.00 per half ounce express fee for only two...
Price: $ 2,000.00
Lot #6034 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Coast Overland Mail Company, Illustrated Corner Card Cover on Internal Company Correspondence
COAST/OVERLAND MAIL COMPANY./SANDERSON, PARKER & CO./PROPRIETERS/FRANK CLUGAGE,/SUPERINTENDANT
Price: $ 200.00
Lot #6035 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Overland Mail to All Parts of the Union, Illustrated Six-Horse Stagecoach Cover with #31 1857 10c Green Tied by Blue Cork Cancel to Maine
From San Francisco Via Los Angeles, with publisher's imprint, “Published by A. Randall & Co. Marysville” to Burnham, Maine. Blue Marysville circular datestamp. The stamp with a piece missing at top right and perf faults at top.
An uncommon and attractive illustrated route directive.
Price: $ 400.00
Lot #6036 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Overland Mail, Hand-Colored Four-Horse Stage Coach Illustrated Cover, Design Type E-1, #35 10c Green Tied, "DUE 10" Straightline
Included in Stanley Ashbrook Archives, Black Binder 7, Page 100
Cover originating in San Francisco, addressed to Mrs. David Saville in Lexington, Mass. The cover signed by Ashbrook.
Price: $ 500.00
Lot #6037 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Overland Mail via Los Angeles, Illustrated Four-Horse Stagecoach with #65 3c Red to Ohio An Attractive and Uncommon Printed Route Directive
Overland" illustrated four-horse stagecoach design, with Boyd imprint at lower left of woodcut, showing names of San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis and New York. Stockton, CA Sep 14 postmark, addressed to J. H. L. Brown Esq. in Marietta, OH. The cover slightly reduced at left and stamp with faults...
Price: $ 400.00
Lot #6038 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Barlow, Sanderson & Co's Southern Overland Mail and Express Co., Illustrated "Four Horse Drawn Stage Coach" (Type L) Cover with #68 10c Green to New York Very Rare, The Only Recorded Example of Type L Design
Illustrated as Figure 6 of The Western Express Research Journal of Early Western Mails, Vol. 72 No. 4
The 10c green with manuscript cancel. Cover addressed to Middlefield Centre, NY. The stamp with creases and the cover...
Price: $ 360.00
Lot #6039 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
#68 10c Green, Tied by "PAID" in Lozenge Cancel on Cover from Boston to Virginia City, Utah Territory Very Fine and Attractive Utah Territory Usage
Stamp with clear margins all around. Red Boston APR 28 circular datestamp.
Price: $ 150.00
Lot #6040 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Southern Overland Mail and Express Company Illustrated Stagecoach Cover, Stamp Not Original to Otherwise Genuine Cover
Single with cork cancel and matching “SANTA FE N. MEX. JAN. 12” postmark on stagecoach illustrated “SOUTHERN OVERLAND MAIL AND EXPRESS CO.” cover to Franklingville, Cattaraugus County, N.Y. The cover with repaired tears and corners and the left backflap replaced. The stamp is not original to the cover.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #6041 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Northwestern Express and American Express Labels on Money Packet Envelope to San Francisco, per Wells Fargo & Co Express A Wonderful and Rare Triple Conjunctive Express Company Usage of a Money Package Envelope
Northwestern Express Co., From St. Paul, black on orange label (Mosher NWNX-L5) with five Northwestern Express wax seals on reverse. American Express Money Package black on orange label (Mosher AMEX-L350) Manuscript “San...
Price: $ 300.00
Lot #6042 - Western Express & Postal History Overland Mail
Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Red Oval Company Sacramento Handstamp, "Collect 2 cts" and Green Oval "FREE" on Cover to New York City
WELLS, FARGO & Co. / Express / SACRAMENTO." handstamp with red "Collect / 2 cts." rate marking at upper right and green oval "FREE" handstamp at upper left. Addressed to New York City with manuscript notations "Can't find" and "Try No. 62 William St." indicating difficulty locating the addressee....
Price: $ 100.00
Lot #6043 - Western Express & Postal History San Francisco
Civil War Patriotic Cover, Charles Magnus Hand-Colored "Golden State Soldiers" and San Francisco View, Unused
Price: $ 25.00
Lot #6044 - Western Express & Postal History San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 1850 Pre-Statehood Stampless Cover to New York, Orange-Red Circular Datestamp, "40" Rate Handstamp Scarce Pre-Statehood California Usage with Early Sacramento Reference
San Francisco, pre-statehood California stampless cover, Jun 1 (1850) large orange-red circular datestamp with integral rate 40c due, transcontinental rate to New York City. Given 40c rate period, cover could be 1850 or 1851, however this large...
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #6045 - Western Express & Postal History San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 1851 Stampless Cover to New York, Orange-Red Circular Datestamp with "40" and "PAID" Handstamps, per Steamer Carolina Addressed to Mother of William Van Voorhees, California's First Postal Agent
San Francisco, California stampless cover, Jan 1 (1851) orange-red circular datestamp with matching 40c rate and PAID handstamps on New Year's Day cover, transcontinental rate to New York City. Some edge wear and toning...
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #6046 - Western Express & Postal History San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 1851 Stampless Cover to Ohio, Red-Orange Circular Datestamp with "40" Rate Handstamp Gold Rush Content, Miner's Letter from Ousley's Bar, Yuba River
San Francisco, California stampless cover, Feb 1 (1851) red-orange circular datestamp with matching 40 handstamp, transcontinental 40c rate to Ohio. Two page miner's letter datelined "Ousley's Bar, Yuba River, January 26th, 1851" written to brother of sender and...
Price: $ 260.00
Lot #6047 - Western Express & Postal History San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 1851 Folded Letter from Guayaquil Ecuador, "20" Due Handstamp, per Steamer Columbus Scarce Ecuador Origin, Incoming Contract Ship Mail via Panama
To San Francisco, California folded letter sheet datelined Guayaquil, Ecuador July 13, 1851, privately carried to Panama, "Forwarded by Zachrisson, Nelson & Co., Panama" (bold black oval reverse), for contract mail service. Carried by Pacific Mail Steam Ship...
Price: $ 70.00
Lot #6048 - Western Express & Postal History San Francisco
1851 Early California Folded Letter, San Francisco to New York, "10" Rate Handstamp
Datelined "White & Storm, San Francisco, Sept 1/51" and addressed to Boyd & Brother, Merchants, New York. Black "San Francisco, 1 Sep" circular date stamp.
Price: $ 50.00
Lot #6049 - Western Express & Postal History San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 1853 Stampless Cover to New York, "12" Due Over Clamshell "Ship-6" Corrected Rate Markings, per Leverett Uncommon Combination of Post Office Markings
San Francisco, California, two circular datestamp dates of Feb 16 and Mar 1 (1853) along with matching 12 due handstamp applied over "clamshell ship-6" due marking. Manuscript ship endorsement "pr Leverett" top left. Daily Alta newspaper shipping records show this...
Price: $ 120.00
