

Lot
58
Wells, Fargo & Co., Ophir, blue-green oval handstamp (Leutzinger type 1-17) on buff cover to Gold Hill Cal., originally sent by mail collect with "Sacramento City, Cal., Nov 15" balloon cds and "5" rating handstamp, manuscript "Missent" and "Auburn Cal. Nov 21" cds, reverse with unusual blue negative "Wells Fargo Express, Ophir" circular handstamp, Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Gold Hill was a mining town in the Auburn Ravine west of Ophir. Though a place of considerable size, Gold Hill never had a Post Office.
Realized: $140