Auction # 67 - The Westpex Sale

Granada Col., Feb 1. Cds on Chick, Browne & Co. Wholesale Grocers corner card cover to Mora, N. Mex., franked with 3¢ Banknote tied by cork handstamp, reverse with very elaborate Street Scene with Horse Drawn Wagons, Covered Wagons & Steam Locomotive, cover slight reduced at right, otherwise Very Fine, this is one of the finer examples of this printed ad as most of the known examples are badly reduced.
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Kit Carson, Colorado May 10/70. Combination Printed (As Part of Corner Card) and Manuscript Postmark. Webster, Musick & Cuniffe corner card cover to Trinidad, franked with manuscript canceled 3¢ Banknote grilled, with original billhead enclosure, with additional corner card 3¢ pink entire from correspondence canceled by light cds and two enclosures confirming Webster, Musick & Cuniffe acted as forwarding agents, also a third...

Pueblo, C. Ty., May 5. Cds and matching target handstamp canceling 1869, 3¢ ultramarine on cover to Trinidad, C.T. with lovely printed Thatcher Bros. corner card, with original 1870 letterhead enclosure, accompanied by second similar cover with postmark in red (cover corner nick) and postal card usage in care of Thatchers & Bros., Very Fine.
Estimate; $250 - 350.

The Central Overland California & Pikes Peak Express Company, Denver City K.T. Dec. 1. Clear strike of oval datestamp on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to New York, reverse with second strike of Denver City oval without date used as company frank, oval "The Central Overland and California, Pikes Peak, Express Company, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec 10" date stamp, entered the U.S. mails with "Saint Joseph Mo. Dec. 11" cds and matching grid...

Hinckley & Co.'s Express, Denver City, Aug 9, 1860. Clear strike of cds on cover addressed to "W.R. Dorn, Nevada City, Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory", franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red, horizontal pair (tiny perf flaws) tied by manuscript "Dorn's Gold Mine, SoCa. 24 Jul, 1860" manuscript cancel, endorsed at bottom left manuscript "Care Hinckley & Co., St Joseph, Missouri"; light cover soiling and expertly...

Hinckley & Co.'s Express Mail. Printed fancy scroll frank with 3-line directive imprint above (HIN-007) on grid canceled 1860, 3¢ Star Die entire to the "Times" newspaper in Leavenworth, Kansas, oval "The Central Overland and California, Pikes Peak, Express Company, Sep 5, Denver City K.T." date stamp and reverse with similar date stamp dated "Jul 4" used as a company frank, manuscript 1861 docketing at left; reduced at...

Jones & Russell's Pike's Peak Express Co, Denver City, Aug 12 1859. Complete sharp strike of cds on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Duplain, Mich., entered the U.S. mails with "Leavenworth City, K.T., Aug 23, 1859" cds canceling indicia; small edge tears and nick, a bit reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Rogers.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

While still operating the Leavenworth City & Pikes Peak Express,...

Colorado Bank Check Group. 1867-1900. 10 checks all on revenue stamped paper, includes 5 1860-70's illustrated checks from The Rock Mountain National Bank (two different designs, one accompanied by N.B.N.Co. proof of illustration), The Colorado National Bank and The Denver Pacific Railway, others including Denver & Rio Grande Railway Co., U.S. Express Co. and Denver Gas & Electric (unused), Very Fine.
Estimate; $...