| Lot | Sym. | Lot Description | Est/Cat | Realized |
| 1056 | |
3c Ultramarine (114).
Tied by quartered cork cancel, second strike on 3c Pink entire (U58) with
Bamber & Co.'s Express printed frank, conjunctive use with
"Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Apr. 13" blue oval datestamp,
addressed to H. B. Shaw in Alfred Me., 3c 1869 pays additional postage for
double rateVERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE USE OF THE 1869 PICTORIAL ISSUE ON A CONJUNCTIVE WESTERN EXPRESS COVER. Ex Juhring (Image) |
E. 1,500-2,000 | 1,600.00 |
| 1057 | |
3c Ultramarine (114).
Tied by segmented cork cancel, "San Francisco Cal. Apr. 8" circular
datestamp, also tied by "Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, San Bernadino"
oval handstamp struck twice on front and once on back of buff cover to
Placerville Cal., Very Fine and extremely rare, carried by express from San
Bernadino to San Francisco where it entered the mails to Placerville, the
use of the 3c stamp instead of an embossed entire was illegal, with 1979
P.F. certificate (Image) |
E. 750-1,000 | 550.00 |