Lot
268 
Dietz & Nelson's B.C. & V. Express. Blue double-circle handstamp ties British Columbia & Vancouver Is. 1860 2 ½p Dull Rose (2) pair and single on United States 3¢ Pink entire (U59) to Williams Creek, Cariboo, British Columbia, conjunctive usage originating in San Francisco with "Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Jul. 5" oval datestamp and their printed frank, blue "Collect" in oval handstamp and manuscript "1.00" express fee, manuscript "1865 A.D." notation, pair has slight crease, entire has trivial opening nick at right, otherwise Very Fine, an extraordinary and very rare mixed franking, at this time the 2 ½p stamps were used provisionally as 3p stamps, the internal rate to Williams Creek was 9p and the express fee collected by Dietz & Nelson was $1.00 (the Wells Fargo entire paid their fee and U.S. internal postage), ex-Dale-Lichtenstein, with 2004 P.F. certificate. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
Realized: $2,700