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4.5 x 10.25" cover sent to the Chief Quartermaster, Whipple Barracks, Prescott AT. Top has notation that this envelope contains "Proposals...

Thirteen postal covers from California: mostly San Francisco but also Stockton, Geyserville and Santa Cruz. Pictorial Sotoyome Poultry Yards of Geyse

Lot of 7. Six different towns. 1) Petersburg. Two covers, 1887 and 1889, different cancels, both with target killers. 2) Littleton. Cover with 1880 do

Lot of 16. This is a fantastic group. 1) Lefthand cover with letter. December 1879. Letter has general news and mentions the powerful wind, including

Lot of 10. 1) Rosita. 1880 cover with octagonal town strike; and corner cover for Pennsylvania Reduction Co. with 1877 square cancel. 2) Westcliffe. S

Lot of 2. 1) Corner cover for Union Pacific Railway, Denver & Smoky Hill Divisions, Wallace, Kansas, sent to Silverton, Colorado with Hugo, Eber...

Lot of 3. Town is right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. 1) Corner ad cover for Elkhorn Lodge, WE James. 1890. "Carriages and Horses fo...

Lot of 8. Includes: Greenwood, Colo. cancel on cover; Grape (1883-1887) cancel on cover to Forks Creek, CO, 1885; Texas Creek cancel on Atchison, Tope

Lot of two. 1) Advertising cover for the Daily and Weekly News. 1907 CDS with duplex cancel. Nice strike. 2) Ada Stam Laundry Company. 1904. Date:

Nice CDS with target cancel. Post office was established in 1886. This was mailed in the third year of the post office. Issued to Robert B Ross, treas

Double circle postmark nice cancel. The Kiowa, Comanche & Wichita Agencies were located here. Nice short history included. Date: Country (if...

1) 1886 (post office 1868-present) oval A-To-Ka postmark. Envelope is a brown 2c entire with additional 10c and 2c stamps attached. Sent to LeFlore of

Lot of three. 1) Dec. 15, 1886 CDS on Sc277 entire. Addressed to Claremore, Indian Territory. Post office opened in 1879. 2) 1877 Bartlesville cover w

Lot of three nice examples for this dead post office. 1) April 14th postmark ties two 3c Department of Interior stamps. 2) October 25. Same cancel. Ad

1888 CDS (blurred). Post office was only open from 1879 to 1889. Cork cancel on two one cent Cc 206 stamps. The town was doomed when the St. Louis, Ir

Camp Supply was established in 1868 in the Indian Territory to aid General Sheridan in his winter campaign against the Plains Indians. General Custer

Stampless cover. Letter is dated 1840. It is sent to Ohio, some 400 miles, with a manuscript 25c. Letter is three pages long. It is a detailed letter

Lot of three. 1) 1884 Catoosa, Ind. Ter. Extremely fine strike. The post office had only opened a year before! Has a St. Louis received stamp. From M.

Lot of two. 1) Extremely nice Dec. 10, 1887 double circle postmark with star in circle cancel. (Post office had only been open 5 years.) Addressed to

All have advertising on the cover. Lot of ten. 1) Vian. Vian started as a trading post, but ended up on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain line. Blakstone...

1) Skiatook. 1892-present. This is an early 1898 cancel. Has a pictorial advertising corner for W. C. Rogers, general merchandise, cattle and hogs. Na

1) J. J. McAlester, U. S. Marshall, Indian Territory, Ardmore. Department of Justice imprinted envelope with Sc231. 1898. 2) Chickasha. Cover postmark

Includes early manuscript first year Goodland, first year Heavener registered, First year Tuskahomma, Wilburton advertising for Perkins Brothers, Earl

Lot of two. 1) Blue double circle postmark. Nov. 15,1880. Nice strike. Target cancels on Sc184 and Sc187 on registered letter. 2) Corner advertising c

Nice magenta postmark with matching target killer. Addressed to Tahlequah, I. T. Issued ten years after post office was opened. Area was known for its

Lot of seven. 1) Gibson Station 1779. Strong blue CDS with target cancel. Primarily an African American community. 2) 1888 Wetumka cover and letter. N

Two covers postmarked Darlington. Darlington was the home of the Cheyenne & Arapahoe Agency. It was also the home to the famous Lee & Reynol...

Doaksville (post office 1847-1903) was the principal Choctaw town prior to the Civil War. Lot of three. 1) 1854 stampless letter. Manuscript ë5...

Fabulous presentation. Strong Flint, Cherokee Nation postmark with Maltese Cross cancels on Sc 84 and 87 stamps. Dated 1881. The post office was open

Light, but very readable, Fort Arbuckle postmark. The fort was established in 1851 to protect the Chickasaw Nation and control hostile Indians in thei

Fort Reno was located in the Cheyenne Arapaho lands in Indian Territory. It was established in 1875 after the Cheyenne uprising of 1874. Post office w

Fort Sill was established in 1869 by General Sheridan to control the activities on Kiowas, Comanche and Southern Cheyenne tribes. Lot of three. 1) CDS

Stampless cover. Manuscript Paid 10. Post office open from 1832-1847. Letter is postmarked Fort Towson which is now part of the Choctaw Nation. It was

Perhaps the best postmark and cancel in the collection! Postmark is a double circle, double ring. Condition is supreme. Cancel is a very strong wheel

Post office open from 1886-present. 1) First year 1887 cover. Very strong postmark and grid cancel. 2c brown entire. Choctaw Nation. 2) 1891 strong po

This post office was open from 1872 to 1883. This cover is from 1882. CDS tied with Sc 150 10c stamp in Sc U 163 entire. Sent from EJ Campbell. This a

Manuscript postmark is August 4, 1874. Post office opened in 1873. Manuscript! Addressed to Vinita, Cherokee Nation. Hand cancelled. Nice cover! Date

Post office had only been open in 1885 when this cover was sent. Purple octagonal postmark with matching star in circle cancel. Corner advertising for

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Post office was established in 1887. This is a June, 7, 1888 CDS postmark with target cancel. Muldrow was created in 1887 when the Kansas & Arka...

Lot of five very nice covers. 1) Octagonal 1882 with cork cancel. Large Turner corner advertising. More impressive is the reverse with 50 or so tools

Lot of two. Prior to 1890 the area representing the panhandle of Oklahoma was unassigned to any territory and was known as the Neutral Strip or no man

Manuscript 1887 postmark and cancel. Sent to Robert Ross of Tahlequah. Post office was opened in 1881. Early. Nice example. Date: 1887 Country (if n

Blue double circle postmark. Second postmark used as killer. Advertising for DW Lipe, livestock, Oo-wa-la, Ind. Ter. Mature and young cattle. Mature c

Lot of two. 1) 1882 Postmaster postmark for C. Woodin. Double ring. Very nice. On Department of the --, Otoe Indian Agency. 2) 1897 CDS. Purple missen

4 covers and 1 letterhead. The letterhead is spectacular. J. W. Jordan, Assistant Executive Secretary of Cherokee Nation, U. S. police and U. S. D. Ma

This post office was opened from 1879 to 1896. This is a very nice postmark. 1889. Addressed to Ohio, New York [no mistake] with nice Ohio stamp. The

Pond was early on located in the Cherokee Outlet. The site was the location of Pond Creek Stockade on the original Jesse Chisholm Trail. This post off

Two strong Quinton postmarks. Post office was open in 1902. Both first year 1903. 1) Orange envelope with a Quinton Pharmacy, Donaghe proprietor, corn

Lot of two. 1) Manuscript 1877 cover. 2) 1889 CDS with target cancel. Two nice strikes! Red Oak was established as a trading post in 1850. On the Butt

VERY strong octagonal strike with target killer. Town named for nearby salt works. Cover was sent three years after the post office opened. Sent to Ta

Lot of 5 interesting pieces. 1) Fabulous pictorial advertising cover for the Cherokee National Female Seminary. This cover is from the first year of t

Two early Tahlequah covers. Tahlequah was chosen as the capital of Cherokee nation. 1) 1857 3c ScU8 entire. Postmarked with Tahlequah, Ark. Has manusc

Lot of six. Post office opened in 1871. 1) Early CDS. Nice strike on yellow cover. 2) 1879 double ring postmark with W cancel. 3-6) Advertising covers

Lot of two. The most impressive is an 1892 CDS on a pink envelope with a corner advertising for SS Copp, druggist. Post office was only 4 years old. A

Post office was named after a Missouri senator and opened in 1905. This cover was sent two years after the opening of the post office. Issued to Board

Double circle postmark with geometric cancel on blue envelope. Reverse has a nice Gibson Station I. T. cancel. The letter is from a teacher/student at

Lot of 15. 1)1893 Oklahoma Okla. T. postal history. Rare designation of Okla. T. 2) 1894 CDS with one cent Columbian Exposition stamps. Cancel in firs

Lot of eighteen. Most are advertising covers; Guthrie Lodge of Guthrie, Jones & Richardson lumber of Norman, Hotel Tonkawa of Tonkawa, Beckwith ...

1) Gate City, 1891. Post office opened in 1886 and closed in 1894. 2) Edmond, 1890. Post office opened the year before. VERY EARLY! Advertising cover

1) Osage Agency, Pawhuska. First year 1876 manuscript cancel. CC of Office of Indian Affairs. 2) 1887 Pawhuska cc. VERY strong strike. Advertising cov

1) Fort Gibson Ark, Cherokee Nation. c1871. Established as part of Arkansas and became part of Oklahoma when it was established. Considered the oldest

Used! Lot of ten. One cent blues are 1) Fairfield with one cent stamp attached, 2) Concordia National Bank, 3) Gaylord Bank of Geo. R. Parker. Two cen

Lot of seventeen. All have a House (Hotel) advertisement. Best was a first year Halstead 1883 (Halstead received a post office in 1883)? Two great pic

Lot of six. 1) Double ring octagonal Garden Plains 1884 postmark. This is within ten years of the opening of the Garden Plains post office. Strong Str

Lot of eleven. 1) RARE Armourdale (1882-1891). From Sebille in 1890. 2) Brown, Chamute, 1889. 3) Chetopa, Lamb & Miller. 4) Ottawa, Benson &...

Lot of sixteen. Key piece is a very early 1887 (1885 to present) strong double ring State Bank of Alton! Also a Baldwin 1900 strong strike (post offic

Lot of nineteen. Mostly 1800's. 1) Premier piece is an 1872 Independence. Post office opened in 1871. Strong strike. 2) Baldwin 1876. Post offic...

Lot of eighteen. Mostly 1800's. 1) Premier piece is 1882 North Lawrence. Post office was only opened from 1872-1995. 2) Oakland, 1897. Post offi...

Lot of nineteen. Mostly 1800's. 1) Argentine 12c Cover. Postmarked 1889. Post office was open from 1881-1903. 2) Armourdale 1886. First year. 3)...

Each cover has a double ring or double circle or most commonly a double ring/double circle. Lot of 15.BY FAR THE MOST INTRIGUING is a July 4, Paola wh

Lot of twenty-nine!!! Includes a very nice double ring/double circle of Buist & Doutherty hardware from Cawker City. 1880's covers include 1...

Lot of twenty-three. THREE HAVE FULL FACE BACKS: 1880 (or 1890) Springs Hotel at Baxter Springs with Merchants Gargling Oil Liniment full face back, 1

Lot of eight. Very early 1870 (second year) Vinload, early 1880 Maple City, RARE Tiblow, Elgin, Wyandotte, Wakarusa, very early 1876 White Church, and

Lot of eighteen. Several early stages: National Military Home 1886 (post office opened in 1886) with nice strike, Ashland County Clerk 1891 (PO opened

Lot of thirteen. Contents have not been read by us. Probably some family affairs, but also, hopefully, some interesting historical content. Wakarusa c

Lot of eleven. Includes William Garland Railroad Contractor on1886 Cedarvale postmark, Santa Fe corner advertising on Kan. City & Tulsa postmark...

Lot of twenty-eight. Fourteen pictorials: 1888 Arkansas City , Diamond Cattle Co. with lasso vignette. Baumberger farm machinery with very nice vignet

Includes Real estate agents and land agents. Lot of seventeen. Covers from Hiawatha with strong strike, Leonardville with strong strike, Nice 1885 Blu

Lot of three. 1) Adams Express. Handwritten Arcadia, Crawford County, Kansas. Postmark is railroad related: ? & Memphis. 1900. 2) Adams Express....

Lot of twenty-two. Includes 1) Second year Scottsville, Mitchell County. 1880. 2) 1883 Russell 5c to Germany. 3-5) Three Columbus Exposition covers: A

Lot of twenty. Includes two pictorial: Linsburg Bethany College and Kansas City Seminary. Cherokee Zinc, Weir, Kansas with Arcadia & C.Vale RPO....

Lot of 37 covers. Most if not all is addressed to Wiseman & Waters in Golconda, Illinois (on the Kentucky/Illinois border). Earliest pieces are ...

Small double ring Adrian postmark dated Apr. 23 1882. The post office at Adrian opened in 1880 making this a second year postmark. Target cancel. Adri

Manuscript Ash Grove, Mo., June 6 and pen cancelled. Fancy cover. Shows wear of years. Stamp indicated perhaps c1855. Post office opened in 1849. Loca

Manuscript postmark reads Billings, Mo. 3/20. Pen X cancel. Post office opened in 1871. Located Christian County. Billings is part of the Springfield

Posta office was opened in 1868. Letter inside confirms that the cover was mailed in 1870 making this cover very early. Also 1872 deposition that auth

9 covers from the city and state of Cape Giraudoux. Includes one letter that is Civil War related, "several of the boys are sick" "ha...

Cassville, Barry County manuscript postmark and cancel. Dated Jan. 3, 1863. Post office opened in 1845.The land which would be called Cassville was pl

Lot of 7. Includes an 1) 1842 stampless letter with a manuscript 18 3/4 charge. Manuscript Gallatin, Mo., Dec. 5. 2) Manuscript postmark with a Paid 3

This post office was only open from 1839 to 1843. Manuscript postmark. No stamp as it is written as FREE, C. C. Daviess P. M. Dated Oct 29th. Cover an

This cover has a lot going for it. The Dunnegan post office opened in 1886. This postmark is for Aug. 22, 1886. It is a fancy perforated oval. Located

6 Total. Stampless letter, Hermann, 1851. Manuscript 'Hermann, Mo., June 22, 1951' and '10'. Also Gasconade front to France. 1894 Bl...

5 Total. 1) Letter from Glasgow to Booneville, Mo. Stamped postmark and ink '5'. Dated December 18, 1845. Visitors planned on taking a ferry...

Hainesville postmark and cancel are hand written. Dated Oct. 20. Clinton County. Post office was open from 1843 to 1880 fancy scrollwork on cover. Sta

6 total. One is a stampless circular PAID 5. Letter dated 1853. 2) Colored Napoleon Flour corner advertising. Three Harrisonville double circle postma

6 total. 1) Coal, Henry County. Coal post office was open from 1892 - 1907. 2c red Washington. Two additional 4c blue Fleet of Columbus stamps have

9 total. Includes 1) one stampless Independence cover with a paid 10. Fold. 2) 1858 Independence cover . 3 1842 Independence stampless letter. 4) Lees

13 Total. The most interesting is a RARE Smithfield shield postmark with star killer, 1884. Carthage manuscript cover pen cancelled. c1860. Joplin adv

5 Total. Two 1845 stampless covers. One has content and one is blank and probably carried something. One is marked 12 and one 10 payment. Also one cov