Western Frontiers Auction (October 2022)

Wells, Fargo & Co. 24¢ blue on buff (U71) legal size entire with Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank. Entire preprinted address to The Ban...

Nice strike. Letter dated August 5, 1870. It is addressed to AK Conger(?) of Moore's Flat, California. Author, another Conger, has been in Tem P...

Written to C. C. Cassidy from his brother George. Letting brother know that he is going in with printer Perkins in the newspaper business. includes co

Date stamped Wells Fargo on 3 cent pink (U21) entire. Blue stamp. Addressed to John Garber of San Francisco. Hamilton is now a ghost town, but in the

Two Wells Fargo strikes of purple oval handstamp, one on indicium of 2¢ green entire with company frank to San Francisco, postmarked "San ...

Date Oct. 23 from San Francisco. Advertising on left reads Knickerbocker & Nevada Silver Mining Company, Ione City, Nye Co., Nevada. Three cent ...

Wells, Fargo & Co's Express/Lewis, Nev. Red printed label on legal size cover (which contained witness deposition in court case) to Salinas,...

Blue oval handstamp on 3¢ (U44) entire to Sacramento with black company frank, Fine to Very Fine. Addressed to Mr. Booth of Sacramento. Mill C

Wells Fargo entire with 3 cent brown (U21) postage stamp. Strike is nice with' HILL' being weak. Sent to Kraner, Corner Front Street & C...

Date stamped Wells Fargo 3 cent green (U44) entire. Blue postmark. Blue 'M' on Mountain is not visible. City on cover is extremely fine! Se...

Date stamped Wells Fargo 3 cent green (U44) entire. OREANA is in extremely fine condition. Rest of stamp is conflicting with postage stamp. Addressed

Wells Fargo date stamped 3 cent green (U44) & San Jose post office stamped. The town of Palisade came into being in 1868 and served as a stop on...

Strike is light, but Pine Grove is easily read. Stamped Wells Fargo 3 cent pink (U21) entire. Pine Grove is considered a distant part of the Comstock.

1) Pioche. 1872. Letter dated December 17, 1876. From Crittenden Thornton to grandmother Lucy Thornton of San Francisco. Letter discusses post Civil W

Carson seems to be the first strike. Weak. Pioche City is a very strong second strike. Wells Fargo 3 cent green (U44) entire. Addressed to Skillman ...

Dec. 15 date stamp on Wells Fargo 3c pink (U21) entire. Sent to G. T. in Carson, Nevada. Unique Wells Fargo & Co. Dec. 16, 1868, Carson stamp as...

Date stamped Wells Fargo 3 cent pink (U21) entire. Stamp is a little blurred, but very readable. This is a hard to find Wells Fargo cover from northea

When gold and silver were discovered on the Comstock, this part of the United States was part of the Utah Territory. In 1861 the Nevada Territory was

Two Nevada mining towns listed on this cover. First is a Silver City date stamped Wells Fargo 3c pink (U21) entire. Second it is addressed to Star Cit

Date stamped Wells Fargo 3 cent red (U34) entire. Date stamp is weak, except for Silver City! Addressed to Charles Lane, San Francisco, California. Ch

In 1869 the first run of gold and silver mining in Nevada were over. The Big Bonanzas were soon to start. Reverse says Mrs. Adele Blasen, Nov., 1869.

Nice oval stamp. Leutzinger lists this as a type 10-9. Only five Wells Fargo locations (including Soda Springs and Tuscarora in Nevada) claim this typ

Leutzinger lists this a type 12-5. The only two locations to use this stamp were Sprucemont and Hamilton, Nevada. On 3c green (U44) entire. Stamp weav

Date stamped May 25, Wells Fargo 3 cent pink (U21) entire. This is a territorial (N. T.) cover on an 1864 three cent pink entire. Nevada became a sta

Extremely fine blue oval date stamp on 1864 3c pink entire. Addressed to Samuel Prindle of Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County. A few edge nicks, otherwi

Great Wells Fargo / Nevada Advertising piece. Advertisement for Adler & Galinger Wholesale Dealers in General Merchandise, Treasure City, Nev. W...

Strike is good. Letter dated June 9, 1870 and addresses some mining issues. Silver was discovered here in 1866 and the rush was on. Although there wer

Nice blue stamp that is very sharp. On Wells Fargo 3 cent green (U44) entire. Treasure City (originally Tesora) is an abandoned mining town located in

Pacific Union Express cover with double circle stamp that reads Treasure City, Aug. 23. 3 cent brown (U21) entire. Addressed to Mrs. Edwards San Franc

Wells Fargo Express stamped - 3 cent green (U44) entire. Oval stamp in purple. Tuscarora is easy to read. According to Leutzinger it is a 10-9; and Tu

On a Wells Fargo 3 cent green (U44) entire. 'Tybo, Nev.' very nice! The envelope has staining. Tybo, Nevada was "discovered" in 18...

Nice Unionville Territorial Stamp. Blue oval with a 3 cent pink (U44) entire. Addressed to AB Preston at Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California. Scarc

This may be unique! Includes both a Unionville Nevada Territory postmark and Austin Nevada Territory postmark. Letter sent from Austin to Eureka, Humb

This is a harder Pacific Union Express cover to find. Pacific Union Express Co. 3 cent red (U21) entire. Blue strike. Verdi is strong, rest of the str

1) Virginia City. Letter dated 1869. Letter from Charles Collins to the San Francisco merchant Meussdorffer about items. Collins is most famous for pr

This cover has a received date of July 27, 1867. Wells Fargo 3 cent pink (U21) entire. Blue oval Wells Fargo stamp. Sent toward the end of the first C

Very Rare! Cover is advertising imprinted Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. shaded in olive. Beside the customary 3c red Wells Fargo entire there ...

Virginia City, N. T. Date stamped with B. F. H. & Co. (BF Hastings & Company Bank). 11-7-1864 to Mrs. S. M. Van Wyck c/o A. P. Crittenden. T...

Addressed to Clara C. Crittenden 125 Ellis St. San Francisco. Pacific Union Express Co. 3 cent brown (U21) entire. Oval, double circle blue stamp. Fro

Addressed to Clara C. Crittenden in Santa Clara. Pacific Union Express Co. 3 cent red (U21) entire. TWO Very nice oval, double circle blue stamps. The

Very interesting cover. It is hand stamped Dr. Lefevre, French Drug Store, South C Street, Virginia, Nev. It is addressed to A. Carroll, Druggist, San

Resident of Ward owes taxes for building (work, residence?) on Main Street. He owes $17.49 in taxes. Sent to FW Webb at Ward, Nevada. Cover does not s

These two covers are addressed to Mrs. Ann L. North in Santa Clara. He husband, John North, was the Nevada Territorial Surveyor General. He was a prol

Wells Fargo 3 cent pink (U21) entire. Blue oval. Dated Aug. 20, 1865. This would have been sent by Ann's husband. John North was the Nevada Ter...

Nice blue oval. Type not listed in Leutzinger. Wells Fargo 3 cent green (U44) entire. Sent to H. Raymond in Virginia City. Pencil dated 1875 on left.

Wells Fargo 3 cent pink (U21) entire. Stamp is blurry, but readable. Sent to Salem, Oregon. Although there is no actual date, it was dated by someone

Great collection for those looking to fill in some holes or those that would like to get started with a Nevada Wells Fargo collection. Lot of 15. Incl

1) Nevada Postal History, 1973 by Robert Harris. Early simple version. 2) A Century of Nevada History, 1957 by Frickstad, Thrall & Meyers. Anoth...

On a paid Tracy & Co. Oregon Express 3 cent pink entire. Tracy & Co., Express, Walla Walla cancel stamp. 3c stamp blue oval. Tracy & Co....

1) Handstamps of Wells, Fargo & co. Second edition by John F Leutzinger. A must for any Wells Fargo cover collector. 2) Wells, Fargo & Co.&#...