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| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 1088° |  |
 Customs, Vancouver
Island. Negative crown circular handstamp on 10c Green Nesbitt entire
(U16) with Wells, Fargo & Co. red printed frank (Haller WF-E) to New London
Conn., "New-York May 26, 1859" circular datestamp, from the Stark
correspondence, Very Fine, said to be one of the clearest strikes among the
thirteen reported examples of the Vancouver Island customs seal used by
Vancouver Is. postmaster A. C. Anderson to indicate payment of 2-1/2p local
postage (used July 1858-June 1859) (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 1,300.00 |
| 1089° | |
 Barnard's Express. Red
double-circle handstamp used in conjunction with blue "Dietz & Nelson's
B.C. & V. Express" double-circle handstamp tying three British
Columbia 1865 3p Blue (7) on 3c Pink entire with Wells, Fargo &
Co. printed frank, originating in California and addressed to French
Creek, British Columbia, blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Sonoma" oval and
matching "Collect" oval handstamps, 3p stamps have a few trivial perf
stains (one with short perfs)VERY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING TRIPLE-CONJUNCTIVE EXPRESS USAGE INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA'S FRENCH CREEK MINING REGION WITH AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION OF BARNARD'S AND DIETZ & NELSON'S EXPRESS MARKINGS. The internal British Columbia rate to French Creek was 9p and the express fee collected by Dietz & Nelson was $1.00. With 1991 P.F. certificate (Image) |
E. 4,000-5,000 | 6,500.00 |
| 1090° | |
 Post Office Victoria
V.I.. Blue oval Coat of Arms handstamp clearly and boldly struck on 3c
Pink entire (U35) with misplaced Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank,
to San Francisco, blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Victoria Apr. 15" (1863) oval
datestamp, neatly docketed, very slightly reduced at right, Very Fine (Image) |
E. 500-750 | 650.00 |
| 1091° | |
 Dietz & Nelson's B.C. & V.
Express. Blue double-circle handstamp used in conjunction with
Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank and "Wells, Fargo & Cos. Express
S.Frco. 22 Sep" double-circle datestamp on 3c Pink entire (U35) to New
Westminster, British Columbia, British Columbia & Vancouver Is. 1860
2-1/2p Dull Rose (2) tied by blue "Collect" oval handstamp, sealed tear
at top left into handstamp, otherwise Fine, an unusual configuration, the
British Columbia & Vancouver Island stamps are almost always tied by the
Dietz & Nelson double-circle (Image) |
E. 1,000-1,500 | 1,400.00 |
| 1092° | |
 Wells, Fargo & Co. Victoria,
Apr. 23. Blue oval datestamp and Wells, Fargo & Co. frank on 10c Green
entire (U41) to San Francisco, used with Vancouver Island 1865 5c Rose
(5) tied by blue "35" in oval, Extremely Fine, a beautiful and clean
mixed-franking express usage from Victoria
(Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,200.00 |
| 1093° | |
 10c Green, E. Grill (89).
Three, tied by blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Victoria V.I." oval
handstamps on 10c Green entire (U41) with Wells, Fargo & Co. printed
frank and "Post Office Victoria V.I." blue Coat of Arms oval
handstamp, unaddressed paste-up usage, Very Fine, a rare quadruple-rate
franking with the 10c E Grill (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,800.00 |
| 1094° | |
 10c Green (68). Pair tied
by circle of wedges cancel, "Wells, Fargo & Co. Victoria Apr. 2"
blue oval datestamp on front only of 10c Green entire (U41) to Paris,
France, printed frank and red "New York Paid 12 Apr. 30" credit
datestamp, blue French transit, Fine, there is a 10c Green, E. Grill (89)
at upper left which has a non-conforming cancel and overpays the rate by
10c, thus we do not believe it originated, still a scarce and presentable
usage (Image) |
E. 400-500 | 1,100.00 |
| 1095° | |
 1c Blue, 10c Green, 24c Lilac
(63, 68, 78). Two 10c, tied by circle of wedges on 3c Pink entire (U59)
with Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank and "Post Office Victoria
V.I." oval Coat of Arms handstamp, to Cambridge, England, red
"N. York Am. Pkt. 6 Nov. 11" credit datestamp, red London receiving
datestamp ties stamps, 1865 receiving backstamp, tears in flaps extend over
edge at top into frank, 10c stamps have minor faults, otherwise Fine, a
colorful 1861 Issue franking for the double 24c rate to England, carried by
express from Vancouver Island (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 2,000.00 |
| 1096° | |
 2c Black, 5c Brown (73,
76). Tied by targets and blue "Wells, Fargo & Co. Victoria Mar.
3" oval datestamps, used with Vancouver Island 1865 5c Rose (5),
tied by blue "35" oval grid cancel on 3c Pink entire (U58) with Wells,
Fargo & Co. printed frank to San Francisco, couple pinholes in cover
onlyEXTREMELY FINE. A RARE TWO-COUNTRY MIXED FRANKING ON WELLS FARGO & CO. EXPRESS COVER FROM VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, TO SAN FRANCISCO. Prepayment of Vancouver Island postage was facilitated by handstamps or adhesive stamps. This is without question of of the finest adhesive mixed-franking express covers extant. (Image) |
E. 7,500-10,000 | 5,000.00 |
| 1097° | |
 2c Black, E. Grill, 12c
Black, E. Grill (87, 90). Tied by rosette cancels on 10c Green entire
(U41) with "Post Office Victoria V.I." oval Coat of Arms handstamp,
some faults on back from paste-up usage, originally unaddressed (probably
affixed to a double 12c rate cover to England, based on 24c postage),
someone later added an Iowa address in unconvincing ink and script, minor
faults, still Fine and rare, ex Meroni
(Image) |
E. 750-1,000 | 600.00 |
| 1098° | |
 3c Ultramarine (114).
Cancelled by circle of wedges and tied by red "New York Feb. 23" (1871)
circular datestamp, used with British Columbia 1869 5c on 3p Bright Red
(9), tied by blue "35" numeral oval grid (Victoria) on 3c Pink entire
to London, England, with Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank, blue "For
Great Britain and Ireland" two-line handstamp, faint red London transit,
sender's routing "per 'California'", neatly docketed "recd.
8/3/71", light vertical fold, tiny tear at topVERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR MIXED-FRANKING WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY EXPRESS USAGE FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND TO ENGLAND. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN WITH THE 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE. This cover brings together an array of mail routes and their corresponding frankings and markings. It begins with private express carriage from Vancouver Island to San Francisco, incorporating prepaid British Columbia postage and the Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank. From San Francisco it travelled on the new transcontinental railroad. Transatlantic steamship service between the United States and England occurred after handling by the New York foreign-mail exchange office, which ensured that the 6c treaty rate was properly prepaid. A review of major sales of British Columbia express covers during the 1865-71 period reveals how many surviving covers are disfigured by docketing across the stamps or later efforts to cross out or removed the address. This cover is one of the cleanest and most presentable of any we have located. A similar cover realized $10,000 hammer in the 2004 Dale-Lichtenstein sale. (Image) |
E. 5,000-7,500 | 11,000.00 |