Western Expresses 62 – 63

Western exPresses

View of Virginia City

62 6 143LU1, Wells, Fargo & Co., 1862 10c Red on US 3c Pink entire (U34), black printed Wells Fargo frank at top, cancelled by two strikes of blue “Wells, Fargo & Cos. Express, S.Frco. 25 Apr” double circle datestamp, used as a paste-up and therefore unaddressed, faint horizontal crease, very fi ne, one of just fi ve recorded examples of the virginia City 10c franked envelope, all of which were used in April of 1863 (this being the latest known) and which are much rarer than their adhesive counterparts, Gamett census #1 (Scott $3,000, although all recent examples have sold for considerably more) $ 1,500

Western exPresses

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company‘s Reduction Works

63 6 143LU3, Wells, Fargo & Co., 1862 25c Red on US 3c Pink entire (U34), unused entire with printed “Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co.” return address, trivial corner nick, very fi ne and scarce (Scott $700)

$ 100