Lot
716 
Wells Fargo & Co. - Usage to Germany, two strikes of blue "Wells Fargo & Co. Express, San Francisco" boxed handstamp, one tying 1851, 3¢ dull red on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire (Nesbitt seal on backflap) to Hamburg, Germany, taken to New York by express with red "Wells, Fargo & Co., Bankers & Express, Forwarders, 82 Broadway N.Y. " shield handstamp on reverse, entered the mails with "N. York, Br. Pkt, 23, Apr 4" integral rate cds, reverse with red Aachen transit and receiving backstamps; expertly restored tearing through address panel and New York postmark, cover opened at sides for display, Very Fine appearance. Scott No. 11A+U1 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Realized: $1,000