Lot
582 
Chase's Express, Yreka, Deadwood & Indian Creek, colorless embossed scroll frank (CHA-002) at top left of 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to San Francisco, entered the mails with "Sacramento, Cal., May 14" cds; partial backflap, Very Fine, one of six recorded examples of this express frank, ex Dale-Lichtenstein, Whitington & Schaefer. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
G.W. Chase started his express in 1856, running from Deadwood & Indian Creek to Yreka where he connected with Wells, Fargo & Co. to Sacramento.
Realized: $375