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American Philatelic Society Summer Stampshow - Portland, Oregon

U.S. - Western Express Covers

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 972		Western Express Cover, Adams Express (1849-1855), 1854, San Jose to San Francisco. Good double oval in blue, partly off cover at top, on folded letter with blue PAID in circle, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 973		Western Express Cover, Alta Express (1857-1858), Usage to San Francisco. Printed frank envelope (ragged above indicia), no origin h.s., but albino embossing on flap for grocery dealer in Georgia Slide, Cal., Fine. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 974		Western Express Cover, Gregory's Express (1850-1853), San Francisco to Albany, NY. Blue h.s. Gregory's Express Office, San Francisco, ms Gregory's Express "Paid", presumably carried by Gregory via Panama to New York, scarce, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $115
Lot 975		Western Express Cover, Hunt & Hart's Warrens Express (1867-68), to Lewiston Idaho. Fancy printed frank on envelope, no handstamp, Hunt and Hart operated in the late 1860's in the Idaho goldfields, a rare frank, cover has some damage and red staining at bottom, Very Good. Estimate $300. View details and photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 976		Western Express Cover, Langton's Pioneer Express (1850-1865), Forest City to Sacramento. Black printed frank on 3¢ envelope with Langton's Forest City Pioneer Express red oval and Wells Fargo Marysville blue double oval, fine conjunctive use, light soiling, Fine. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 977		Western Express Cover, Pacific Express (1855-1857), Placerville to Georgetown. Black pony rider printed frank on 3¢ envelope with clear blue Placerville company h.s., cover a bit soiled, Fine. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 978		Western Express Cover, Pacific Union Express Co. (1868-69), 12¢ Envelope Circa Mid 1860's Usage, #U69. With Wells Fargo Stockton blue oval cancel on 1864-65 12¢ red brown entire, some staining, Fine. Scott $360. Estimate $75. View details	Realized $81
Lot 979		Western Express Cover, Thomes & Skadan's Express (1870-73), Reno to Sacramento. Black ribbon frank on 3¢ green embossed envelope, with blue Wells Fargo Reno cancel, Thomas and Skadan operated between Susanville and Reno, some cover soiling, Fine. Estimate $250. View details and photo	Realized $276
Lot 980		Western Express Cover, Todd's Express (1852-1853), Stockton to Columbia. Undated folded letter with good strike of blue "Forwarded by Todd's Express Stockton" h.s., sent to Columbia, care of a Stockton merchant, light vertical crease affects h.s., otherwise Fine. Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 981		Western Express Cover, Tracy & Co. Oregon Express (1859-66), Dalles to Roseburg. Fine strike on 3¢ envelope with "Paid Tracy and Co. Oregon Express" printed frank, March 18, 1862 docketed at left, cover with some damage on reverse, Fine. From the Marks correspondence. Estimate $400. View details and photo	Realized $604
Lot 982		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Bannock City IT to San Francisco. Clear strike in blue on red Boise Mines-Paid 50 Cts. envelope, to Hattie Stiles, Very Fine, Stiles was the wife of C.T. Blake, first Wells Fargo agent in Bannock. Estimate $500. View details and photo	Realized $1,265
Lot 983		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Canyonville to Roseburg. Fine strike in red on paste up 3¢ cover, #U59, Fine. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $207
Lot 984		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. El Paso Texas 1883 Usage. Superb Dec. 25, 1883 strike in magenta on reverse of domestic frank envelope with 5 Messenger magenta oval, unusual railroad usage, Very Fine. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 985		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Gold Hill Utah to San Francisco. Fine strike in blue on 3¢ 1861 entire, Fine. Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $40
Lot 986		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Jacksonville Oregon to San Francisco. Very fine strike in blue, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $242
Lot 987		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Linkville to San Francisco. Money letter with red express label ms Linkville cancels on 3¢ entires, paste-up, probably did not go through the mail, interesting usage, some cover damage, Fine. Estimate $200. View details and photo	Realized $431
Lot 988		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Olympia Washington Territory to San Francisco. Good strike on 3¢ 1866 cover, Fine. Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 989		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Palisades Nevada to San Francisco. Fair strike on W. L. Pritchard's Fast Freight Line overall advertising 3¢ envelope. cover opened at right, Fine, Nathans book lists this as an express company, but most now believe Pritchard was a freighter who advertised on WF envelopes. Estimate $200. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 990		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Salt Lake City to San Francisco. Good strike on Atlantic Express printed frank 3¢ envelope, 1870 merchant handstamp on reverse, Fine. Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $66
Lot 991		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co. Seattle to Astoria. Fine strike on overall ad cover, Hinds, Stone and Co. General Merchandise Seattle WT, on 3¢ entire, overall toning, still a scarce item, Fine. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Realized $299
Lot 992		Western Express Cover, Wells Fargo & Co., "Steamboat" to San Francisco. Legible strike in blue of STEAMBOAT in oval on early Nesbitt entire with printed frank at left, Fine to Very Fine, this marking used on steamship mail between Sacramento and San Francisco. Estimate $100. View details and photo	Realized $86
Lot 993		Western Express Cover, 9 Wells Fargo Nevada Express Usages. 8 with Austin (2), Carson City, Elko, Gold Hill, Hamilton (2), and Washoe City, plus a Pacific Union Treasure City, Fine or better. Estimate $1,000. View details	Unsold
Lot 994		Western Express Cover, Group of 8 Wells Fargo. All but one 3¢ green, mostly California usages, but incl. put in the mail at Atchinson, Kansas to PA, Stockton to S.F., few with minor faults, Fine overall. Estimate $150. View details and photo	Unsold
Lot 995		Western Express Cover, Group of 8 Western Express. Consists of 3 different Pacific Union usages, all with red ribbon frank incl. blue Stockton Messr and blue So Coast Messr, 2 Truman and Co.'s used from San Francisco to San Jose and 2 Wells Fargo and Co. used from Crescent Hills to Quincy and Iowa Hills to El Dorado, few minor cover problems, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150. View details	Realized $115
Lot 996		Western Express Cover, 5 Oregon Express Covers. 2 Portland Wells Fargo covers one with overall advertising (faulty), 2 Roseburg Wells Fargo covers, and one Northern Pacific Express Co. with Pendelton 1884 postal cancel, Fine. Estimate $100. View details	Realized $161

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