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Auction: 24021 - The Philatelic Collector's Series - e-Auction
Lot: 3732

(x) United States of America
Western Express Covers
Pacific Union Express, Paid (Haller FP4, type 1) in ribbon design printed express company on 3c. pink on white entire (U58) with gray all-over lithograph ad for the Sweepstake Plow Company, San Leandro addressed to Hollister and cancelled by Pacific Union Express blue despatch d.s. Irregular reduction at right, a wax spot, still quite fresh and fine. A very scarce cover from this short-lived company, illustrated in Letters of Gold.

provenance:
Christie's Robson Lowe New York, October 1991

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£300 to £400