Closed Auction

By:
H. R. Harmer Inc

lot # 280 - United States of America UNITED STATES COLLECTIONS

Tuesday Apr 30, 2024 10:00 America/New_York

Wells, Fargo and Co.& Western Express balance of collection, with fifteen items, noting two 1862 25c blue Pony Express covers, each on 3c pink entire, cancelled respectively in Virginia City NT and Coloma (both faulty) four-margin 25c red on 3c entire piece, cancelled San Francisco, fine strike of oval “Chinese Camp” Express mark, 1882 3c green with printed frank postmarked “Bartlett Springs” 1890 Wells Fargo printed frank entire from Monterey to San Francisco, “Benicia” oval on 3c Nesbitt entire, “Steamer EMILY” straight-line on 2c entire from San Francisco, undated 3c entire with red frank from New York to Benton Wisconsin with “Due 3” in manuscript, unused 3c entire with “VICTORIA / PAID / V.I.” in blue, 1889 Mexico entire from Leon to Mexico City, Canada 1874 6c Small Queen cover from Victoria, British Columbia to Walla Walla via Portland with red PAID ALL, attractive Greenhood & Newbauer Northern Express with Weaverville Cal oval, Langton & Bros Yuba River Express embossed cover, J. Bamber & Co Contra Costa Express, scarce Bannack City Express handstamp on cover from Cleveland, some small faults but a chiefly fine and desirable group. 


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