WELLS FARGO ENVELOPE WITH LOS ANGELES POSTMARK OF DECEMBER 1876
Entry/Object ID
2003.295.4.1
Description
WELLS FARGO ENVELOPE WITH LOS ANGELES POSTMARK OF DECEMBER 1876
Color: White
A Wells Fargo and Company envelope, without contents, postmarked from Los Angeles, December 1876. The white envelope has a preprinted banner at the top center that reads "PAID / Wells, Fargo & Co. / OVER OUR CALIFORNIA AND COAST ROUTES." At the upper right corner is a faded blue postmark from Los Angeles with the date partially stamped over a preprinted three-cent stamp in green. The address is to "J. C. Menssdorfer & Bro. / San Francisco." On the reverse on the flap are some pencil inscriptions for a calculation of figures. With corner creases; soiling; fading on the preprinting; folds on the flap; stains; and the opening tear, the condition is good.
Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Envelopes, J. C. Menssdorfer & Bro., Commercial correspondence, Los Angeles (Calif.), San Francisco (Calif.)
