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Overland Stage Covers

 

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ID

Origin Date

Description

Price

OS96044 Unknown 1861 Wells, Fargo & Co's carried letter to Atchison, KS and placed it in th U.S. Mail to Penna *SOLD* $85
OS95050 Santa Clara, CA ca 1860 This cover is very rare with only 3 examples known with this "Overland via Los Angeles" CC portion of flap missing & rough at top $1000
OS96570 Alton, IL 1860 Cover carried via Omaha, Ft. Kerney & COCPP to Jefferson Territory, flap missing, mount remnants reverse *SOLD* $295
OS96110 St. Joseph, MO ca 1865 Cover carried via overland stage from St. Joseph, MO to Atchison, KS $115
OS96630 Los Angeles, CA ca 1861 Carried on the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, good portion of flap missing *SOLD* $650
OS96590 Salt Lake City, UT 1866 Carried via Overland Stage to St. Joseph, MO and placed in the U.S. Mail, w/enclosure $225
OS95030 San Francisco, CA 1868 A rare printed Overland CC, mis-sent to Bloomfield, CA via Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, reduced slightly at left $1725
OS94980 Unknown 1865 Carried by Wells, Fargo & Co's via Central Overland Mail Stage to Atchison, Ks and placed in the U.S. Mail, reduced at right, top corners rounded $135
OS94205 Forrest City, CA ca 1862 Carried on the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage, via Los Angeles to Ohio *SOLD* $250
OS99340 Quincy, CA ca 1855 Carried Overland via Los Angeles To Georgia, faulty back, reduced slightly at right *SOLD* $175
OS96800 San Francisco, CA 1859 Via Butterfield Overland Mail Stage through Los Angeles to CT, reduced at right, edges worn $740
OS20022 Kane, IA ca 1850 Kane was a Mormon settlement near NAUVOO.  Letter is addressed to John Cline, a Mormon Missionary who later became Senator from Utah *SOLD* $115
OS97931 San Francisco, CA 1861 Letter carried via "Overland Mail" (Central Route) to Washington, DC *SOLD* $70

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