Lot
371 
Wells Fargo & Co. Express, Ophir, blue oval handstamp on cover to fraternal lodge in Gold Hill, Cal., initially sent by mail collect with "Sonora, Cal., Feb 9" cds and "5" rate handstamp, manuscript "Adv" for advertisement and reverse with unusual blue negative "Wells Fargo Express, Ophir" circular frank handstamp; sealed tear through backflap ending in small tear at top and affecting frank backstamp, otherwise Very Fine, 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. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $160