Lot
291 
Thomes & Skaddens Express, Susanville Cal., large double-circle datestamp on 3¢ green entire with Thomes & Skadden's Express blue frank to San Francisco, conjunctive usage with blue "Wells, Fargo & Co.,Reno" oval datestamp; reduced at right into indicia, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
A rare frank, from 1870 to 1874 Thomes & Skadden operated their express between Susanville (whose first residents thought they were in Utah, then Nevada) and Reno, connecting with Wells, Fargo & Co.
Realized: $475