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WA - c1860s - Express Company Pieces

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
WA - c1860s - Express Company Pieces
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 3. 1) American Express Cover to R.B. Magruder of Ulfy Co. in Boston Massachusets. A miniature facsimile travelers cheque at the top left hand corner, addressed to Ravelers Hotel. Red 2c adhesive postal stamp. Cancelled in Syracuse New York, July 1, 1897. Stamp cancelled/received on the reverse. Very good with a couple minor stains. 2) American Express Cover to Frank J. Lennon Co. in New York City. The same mini travelers cheque illustration at top left. Dark red 2c adhesive postage stamp. Cancelled. No contents. Fair condition, fragile with tears along the edges. 3) Adams & Co's Great Eastern, Western, and Southern Package Express. Dated Nov. 15, 1853, Washington. "Received of May Gillespy to . . . Robt B.Walker at Phila . . . thirty three dols and twenty three cents." Signed by E. A. Birnie. Blue print and border on creme paper. A list of Adams & Co. Offices on the reverse. Various folds, stains and tears along the edges. Delicate. Fair.