Sale 115: The Westpex Sale

Lot 536    

Barlow, Sanderson & Co.'s, Southern Overland Mail & Express Co., printed boxed corner card and illustrated four-horse stagecoach above, on cover to Middlefield Centre, N.Y., franked with 1869, 3¢ ultramarine (114) tied by target handstamp, matching "Phillipsburg, Kan., May 13" cds; stamp flaws at top and cover professionally restored along edges and at right, Very Fine appearance.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $500

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Lot 537    

Coast Line San Juan & Los Angeles, U.S. Mail Stage Company, imprint on orange cover to San Juan, roughly opened at right, original enclosure with similar printed letterhead in blue, 1867 letter written in San Francisco by W.E. Lovett, Owner of the Stage Line, cover carried without postage as this was Office Business, Fine and rare.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $550

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Lot 538    

Foss & Connelly, Stage Proprietors, illustrated corner card showing Four-Horse "Geysers" Wagon, on cover to Boston Highlands, Mass., franked with 3¢ Banknote canceled by quartered cork handstamp, matching "San Francisco, Cal., Jun 18" cds alongside, Very Fine, Foss & Connelly ran the Geyser Stage Line from San Francisco to the Calistoga Hot Springs in Napa Valley.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $325

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Lot 539    

Lake Tahoe Stage Office, J.M. Benton - Proprietor, Carson City, Nevada, illustrated four-horse stagecoach corner card, on cover franked with 3¢ Banknote just tied by "Carson City, Nev., Oct 26" cds, reverse with illustrated stage office scene showing six-horse stagecoach in foreground, with company letterhead billing from another correspondence; cover irregularly reduced at right, F.-V.F.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $750

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Lot 540    

North Western Stage Co., General Manager's Office, Boise City, Idaho Territory, manuscript crossed through corner card on cover to Roseburg, Oregon, franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by "Washington, D.C., Feb 24" cds and quartered cork duplex, with original enclosure from S.S. Huntley enclosing a draft for "Route No. 4413"; cover tear at bottom right, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

A letter from S.S. Huntley, a Montana Express & Stage operator, showing proceeds for a portion of his western mail contract.

Realized: $110

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Lot 541    

North-Western Stage Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado, corner card on cover with large red Four-Horse Stagecoach design at center, to Centre White Creek, N.Y. franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by grid handstamp, matching "Colorado Springs, Colo., Mar 14" cds alongside; cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $250

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Lot 542    

Ojai, Ventura & Matilija Mail Stage Line, Wheeler C. Blumberg Proprietor, Nordhoff, California, corner card on cover to San Francisco, Cal., franked with 2¢ Columbian canceled by target handstamp, matching "Matilija, Cal., Apr 7, 1894" cds at center, receiving backstamp; small stamp scuff, Very Fine, this stagecoach line is illuminated in Outland's Stagecoaching on El Camino Real. Los Angeles to San Francisco (page 320).
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $500

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Lot 543    

"Overland Mail" Stagecoach Covers, of five covers and rebacked front; four four-horse stagecoach designs including small illustration with large "Overland Mail, Via Placerville and Salt Lake." imprint alongside, rebacked front with medium size illustration and "Per Overland Mail Via Los Angeles" above and Wm. E. Loomis imprint below, and two similar large size illustrations with "St. Louis" and "New York" banners on horses, one on white cover (address panel cut out) and on yellow cover (locally addressed in Santa Cruz), and two similar six-horse stagecoach designs with "From San Francisco Via Los Angeles" banner above horses, one with Randall & Co. imprint and other with Hutching & Rosenfield imprint; covers with various flaws including missing partial/all stamps, etc. (See website for images), Decent Appearance, a scarce reference group.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.



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Realized: $1,600

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Lot 544    

Overland Via Los Angeles, U.S. Mail, four-horse stagecoach designs on three unused covers; two similar printed designs with "Overland - Via - Los Angeles" below, both hand colored on buff and yellow covers, and slightly different design with "San Francisco and St. Louis - 20 days." below on lilac laid paper cover, Very Fine.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

Realized: $110

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Lot 545    

Pioneer Stage Company, Sacramento to Virginia, tan allover illustrated stagecoach shaded ad on cover to Coldwater, Mich., franked 1861 3¢ rose, strip of three canceled by grids with "Placerville, Cal., Feb 3" cds; one stamp with unnoticeable tear, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine and rare, pictured in Letters of Gold.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

THE FINEST OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THIS ILLUSTRATED PIONEER STAGE COMPANY ENVELOPE.

The Pioneer Stage Co. began in the summer of 1859 when J.B. Crandell drove the first coach over the Sierra Nevada mountains to Carson Valley. Over the next years the Pioneer Stage Co. became a premier transportation service. In November 1866 they consolidated with other overland stage and express companies into the Wells, Fargo & Company.

Realized: $675

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