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