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Holladay Overland Mail and Express [162744]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Wells Fargo & Express Co's Memorabilia Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 800.00 USD
Holladay Overland Mail and Express [162744]
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425.00USD+ (106.25) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 01 @ 14:08UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Rare Holliday black double circle hand stamp with Nov. 8, 1866 date! 3c entire. Sc U58. Black Leavenworth, Kansas cancel. By 1866, Ben Holladay controlled a vast stage and express empire that extended from the Missouri River into Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon. Holladay had eliminated all competing stage and express operations and his empire blocked the movement of express material east for Wells Fargo. On November 1st 1866, Wells Fargo purchased this empire from Holladay that gave them control of virtually all of the major stage lines from the Pacific to the Missouri River. (Rumsey)

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Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection