Current Auction

Auction Lot #332
Expresses
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, NEW-YORK, 1871 Money Packet with 3 Adams Express wax seals on back.
CV: Est. $50-75
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #333
Expresses
WELLS, BUTTERFIELD & CO. TO THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO Check 1859.
CV: Est. $150-200
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #334
Expresses
AMERICAN EXPRESS Co. money envelope. Sent from Buffalo, NY to North Collins, NY, contained $100. Rough opened at left.
CV: Est. $50-75
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #335
Expresses
BALDWIN'S LIGHT PACKAGE EXPRESS black on green label with faults and missing top left corner on folded letter from Newark to New York. RARE label from Baldwin's Newark office.
CATALOG #:Mosher BLDX-L11
CV: Est. Value $325
MINIMUM BID: $95.00

Auction Lot #336
Expresses
BAMBER & CO'S EXPRESS printed frank (BAM-002 Thomas) on U59 buff entire with Antioch blue double-circle "Dec xxx 1869" datestamp (BAM-107 Thomas), CONJUCTIVE USE with "WELLS, FARGO & CO. San Francisco Dec xxx" blue oval datestamp.
CV: Est. Value $$250-300
MINIMUM BID: $125.00

Auction Lot #337
Expresses
DAY EXPRESS CO, Probably UNIQUE.
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons
CV: Est. Value $500
MINIMUM BID: $250.00

Auction Lot #338
Expresses
FREEMAN & CO'S EXPRESS COVER, Grass Valley handstamp to San Francisco.
CV: Est. Value $150-200
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #339
Expresses
GILPIN'S EXCHANGE READING ROOM HANDSTAMP ON COVER
REFERENCE: ASCC, Volume 2, page 124
CV: Est. Value $150-200
MINIMUM BID: $80.00

Auction Lot #340
Expresses
GREENHOOD & NEWBAUER NORTHERN EXPRESS printed frank (GRH-001 Thomas), with franking error on Nesbitt U10 buff entire with blue double oval Greenhood & Newbauer Express Weaverville, Cal. Handstamp. Pinholes on left side.
CV: Est. Value $350-400
MINIMUM BID: $150.00

Auction Lot #341
Expresses
HARNDEN Datelined "New York 29th May 1843." This FLS was carried by Harnden from New York to Boston, when Harndan was the POD agent for regular mail and express` mail service on the route. It was carried on Cunnard's "Caldonia" which left Boston on June 1 and arrived in Liverpool on June 18. It arrived on June 13 and received a June14 London receiver CDS.
CV: Est. Value $125-200
MINIMUM BID: $60.00

Auction Lot #342
Expresses
HARNDEN'S EXPRESS Illustration on 1865 New York Receipt with 2c express revenue.
CATALOG #:Mosher HRNX-CC6
CV: Est. Value $250-300
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #343
Expresses
LIVINGSTON, WELLS & CO. BARKERS, PARIS blue "Livingston, Wells & Co., Bankers, Paris" oval handstamp transatlantic cover, via Liverpool
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #344
Expresses
LIVINGSTON, WELLS & POMEROY'S Orange Label
CATALOG #:Mosher LWPX-L20
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $20.00

Auction Lot #345
Expresses
PACIFIC STAGE & EXPRESS CO. FAKE A fake cover with a cut out of a Pacific Stage & Express pasted on, as well as a cut out from a three cent USPS envelope.
CV: Est. Value $150
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #346
Expresses
PACIFIC UNION EXPRESS printed frank (PAU-100 Thomas) on U58 entire with RA-01 printed return address on vertical left, CONJUCTIVE USE with blue double circle BAMBER & CO. EXPRESS "JUN 25 S.F." datestamp (BAM-102 Thomas) to Oakland, Cala, cover with minor wear and slight reduction at right. Only six known examples of conjuctive use with Bambers & Co. Express. Go to Western Cover Society cover scans, look for the WC2985 scan at the following link: https://www.westerncoversociety.org/western-cover-library/western-cover-library-2152-3583/#.YkOekyjMLD4 SCARCE
REFERENCE: Western Express Companies Census, Oscar M. Thomas p. 683 #WC2985.
CV: Est. Value $300-400
MINIMUM BID: $125.00

Auction Lot #347
Expresses
PACIFIC UNION EXPRESS printed frank (PAU-100 Thomas) on U58 entire with RA-01 printed return address on vertical left, CONJUCTIVE USE with full blue double circle BAMBER & CO. EXPRESS " MAY 4 S.F." datestamp (BAM-102 Thomas) to Oakland, California. Only six known examples of conjuctive use with Bambers & Co. Express. SCARCE
REFERENCE: Western Express Companies Census, Oscar M. Thomas p. 683 #WC2984.
CV: Est. Value $300-400
MINIMUM BID: $125.00

Auction Lot #348
Expresses
STAIT & CO'S EXPRESS Blue Label
CATALOG #:Mosher STTX-L1
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #349
Expresses
THOMPSON & CO'S EXPRESS Boston with locomotive label
CATALOG #:Mosher THMX-L4
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #350
Expresses
Truman & Co.'s Express. Printed frank (Thomas TRE-003) with address below on 3c Pink on Buff entire (U59) to Santa Cruz, slightly reduced at left, small bit of oxidation in embossed stamp, otherwise Very Fine.
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons, Ex Siegel
CV: Est. Value $250-$300
MINIMUM BID: $125.00

Auction Lot #351
Expresses
Wells Fargo Pony Express, Used, with a PF Certificate that states,"blue San Francisco double circle cancel. and we are of the opinion that it is genuine and faulty."
CATALOG #:143L1
CERTIFICATE: PF 590815
CV: SCV $1,100
MINIMUM BID: $100.00

Auction Lot #352
Expresses
Wells Fargo Pony Express, Used, with a PF Certificate that states,"blue "Pony Express" oval cancel. and we are of the opinion that it is genuine and defective"
CATALOG #:143L2
CERTIFICATE: PF 572204
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons
CV: SCV $6,000
MINIMUM BID: $400.00

Auction Lot #353
Expresses
Wells Fargo Pony Express, Unused, Broken Leg Variety with a PF Certificate that states,"front hoof missing variety. and we are of the opinion that it is genuine with a thin at top and a light diagonal crease at bottom right."
CATALOG #:143L3var
CERTIFICATE: PF 590813
CV: SCV $1,850
MINIMUM BID: $350.00

Auction Lot #354
Expresses
Wells Fargo Pony Express, Used, with a PF Certificate that states,"blue company oval handstamp cancel. and we are of the opinion that it is genuine"
CATALOG #:143L3
CERTIFICATE: PF 565740
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons
CV: SCV $900
MINIMUM BID: $350.00

Auction Lot #355
Expresses
Wells Fargo Pony Express, Used on piece, with a PF Certificate that states,"blue San Francisco oval cancel, on small piece. and we are of the opinion that it is a genuine use"
CATALOG #:143L3
CERTIFICATE: PF 590814
CV: SCV $900
MINIMUM BID: $300.00

Auction Lot #356
Expresses
Wells Fargo Pony Express, Used, with a PF Certificate that states,"blue San Francisco Running Pony cancel. and we are of the opinion that it is genuine with a thin and a tear at bottom left."
CATALOG #:143L3
CERTIFICATE: PF 590816
CV: SCV $900
MINIMUM BID: $175.00

Auction Lot #357
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO FORGERY D
CATALOG #:143L6 FORGERY D
REFERENCE: Lyon's Identifier, Volume 3, Page 1148
CV: LYONS PRICING GUIDE $8
MINIMUM BID: $5.00

Auction Lot #358
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO BLOCK OF 4
CATALOG #:143LP3
REFERENCE: The Farrell Reference Collection, Wells Fargo & Co.
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons
CV: UNLISTED
MINIMUM BID: $100.00

Auction Lot #359
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO, Unused
CATALOG #:143L03
CV: SCV $25
MINIMUM BID: $15.00

Auction Lot #360
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO, Unused
CATALOG #:143LP3a
CV: SCV $40
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #361
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO, Unused
CATALOG #:143LP5
CV: SCV $25
MINIMUM BID: $15.00

Auction Lot #362
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO 1861 Blue with a PF Certificate that states, "unused, vertical tete-beche pair. blue color and we are of the opinion that: it is genuine"
CATALOG #:143LP6a
CERTIFICATE: PF 574843
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons
CV: SCV $350
MINIMUM BID: $350.00

Auction Lot #363
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO, BLOCK OF 45, OG
CATALOG #:143LP9
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons
CV: SCV $157.50
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #364
Expresses
Wells Fargo & Co, Unused, OG, with a PF Certificate that states,"horizontal pair, with part of third stamp at right, imperforate between. and we are of the opinion that it is genuine, previously hinged"
CATALOG #:143LP9bVAR
CERTIFICATE: PF 483742
PROVENANCE: Ex Lyons
CV: SCV $250
MINIMUM BID: $150.00

Auction Lot #365
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO New York to Baltimore with Star Cancel.
CV: Est. Value $200-250
MINIMUM BID: $75.00

Auction Lot #366
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO Advertising Cover
CV: Est. Value $50
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #367
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO Advertising Cover
CV: Est. Value $50
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #368
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO Receipt of package Portland, Oregon July 1859, first few months of statehood.
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #369
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO check Virginia, City, Nevada Territory, 1862, Empire Mill & Mining Co.
CV: Est. Value $100-150
MINIMUM BID: $50.00

Auction Lot #370
Expresses
WELLS, FARGO & CO'S EXPRESS, AURORA, OR. Black on orange label. Large-size expess label showing train vignette. Approximately 112.5 x 72.5 mm (4.4 x 2.85 inches)
CATALOG #:Mosher WFCX-L559
CV: CV $100
MINIMUM BID: $25.00

Auction Lot #371
Expresses
WELLS FARGO & CO. large oval handstamp on letter from New York to San Francisco. The handstamp is bogus.
CV: Est. Value $115
MINIMUM BID: $55.00