A Collector's New Year: Philatelic, Americana, & Dealer Auction TIMED

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A Special Two-Day Auction Event Featuring

*Featuring Both Old & New Items from the Gary Bracken Collection, Ken Prag Collection, Stuart MacKenzie Collection, & Others

~Over 1,500 Lots~

Including Civil War, Indian Territory, Kansas, & Missouri Covers from the Bracken Collection and California & Oregon Postcards from the Prag Collection

*General Americana *Stocks *Philatelic *Books *Mining *Sports

*Bargain & Dealer Lots including Colorado & Montana Billhead & Mining Archives from the Gary Bracken Collection and Stuart MacKenzie Collection

*Reduced opening prices on EVERY lot in the sale!

Welcome, collectors, to a new year of exciting auctions!

Our 2023 New Year's resolution is to continue to bring fantastic history at auction to collectors, dealers, and institutions around the world. And we hope you have resolved to keep building your collections and/or dealer inventories!

As a big thank you for an incredible 2022 year of auctions, we've created a special "auto-pilot" auction with reduced start prices and a whole bunch of great material for our beginning to intermediate collectors and/or Americana dealers.

You'll find a mix of new and old items, including new philatelic goodies from the Bracken Collection and Prag Collection, and new collections of books and historical resources. You'll also find tons of Americana including Montana and Colorado paper and check archives from the Stuart MacKenzie Collection and Bracken Collection.

This is an "auto-pilot" auction, so there won't be an auctioneer or audio/video feed. But you will be able to log into an auction console, place live bids, and watch the progression of the auction, just like in our other sales.

If you have any questions or need help placing an absentee bid, please call our office at 775-851-1859

Everyone at Holabird's wishes you a safe and Happy New Year!

And stay tuned because many more exciting items are coming to the collecting market in 2023!

--The Holabird Team--

So how does our auto-pilot auction work?

*Just like normal, you can start bidding absentee right now on iCollector. We can also help you register and place absentee bids for you. Give our office a call at 775-851-1859.

*On the day of the auction (January 7th and 8th), you'll be able to join the live auction console, place bids, and watch the lots progress. (But there won't be an audio/video feed or person on a podium).

*Once a lot opens, there will be a 20 second countdown.

*If a bid is placed during this countdown, the timer is reset to 20 seconds. Each live bid resets the timer!

*Once the countdown runs out, the lot will be sold, and the next lot will come up with the same settings.

It's up to you--the bidders--to keep the action going! But we'll be watching and cheering you on!


Auction Schedule

Session 1, January 7th, 2023, Lots 1000-1751
General Americana (1000-1455)
Geo. Sort (1000-1403)
Jewelry (1404-1420)
Sports (1421-1455)
Mining (1456-1564)
General Books (1565-1751)

Session 2, January 8th, 2023, Lots 2000-2774
Philatelic (2000-2480)
Covers & Stamps feat. Indian Territory, Kansas, & Missouri Covers from Bracken Collection (2000-2197)
Postcards feat. Foreign, California, & Oregon from Prag Collection (2198-2481)
Stocks & Bonds (2481-2774)
Mining (2481-2608)
Railroad (2609-2629)
Misc. (2630-2774)
SHIPPING & HANDLING: The customer is responsible for all shipping and packaging charges. We offer shipping service as a convenience to our buyers. Items are not shipped until the invoice and shipping charges are completely paid. Shipping costs will be calculated and billed separately after your items have been paid for. Purchases will be shipped via our approved, insured carriers: FedEx, UPS, USPS or DHL. Pick up is available from our Reno office, once you have received your invoice post auction
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Fort Huachuca / Prescott, Arizona Cover with Unusual Cancels for Chief Quartermaster [155424]2000 - Fort Huachuca / Prescott, Arizona Cover with Unusual Cancels for Chief Quartermaster [155424]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4.5 x 10.25" cover sent to the Chief Quartermaster, Whipple Barracks, Prescott AT. Top has notation that this envelope contains "Proposals...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to o**********s for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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California Postal Cover Collection (13) [161474]2001 - California Postal Cover Collection (13) [161474]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirteen postal covers from California: mostly San Francisco but also Stockton, Geyserville and Santa Cruz. Pictorial Sotoyome Poultry Yards of Geyse
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 400.00
Sold to K**********7 for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Arapahoe County, Colorado Postal Cover Group [155264]2002 - Arapahoe County, Colorado Postal Cover Group [155264]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to K**********7 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Boulder County, Colorado Postal History Covers [148234]2003 - Boulder County, Colorado Postal History Covers [148234]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to K**********7 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Custer County, Colorado Postal Cover Group [155297]2004 - Custer County, Colorado Postal Cover Group [155297]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to s******g for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Elbert County, Colorado Postal Cover Duo [155275]2005 - Elbert County, Colorado Postal Cover Duo [155275]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Corner cover for Union Pacific Railway, Denver & Smoky Hill Divisions, Wallace, Kansas, sent to Silverton, Colorado with Hugo, Eber...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Estes Park, Colorado Postal History Covers [148233]2006 - Estes Park, Colorado Postal History Covers [148233]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to f*********w for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Fremont County, Colorado Postal Cover Collection [155276]2007 - Fremont County, Colorado Postal Cover Collection [155276]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 500.00
Sold to s******g for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Ada, Indian Territory Chickasaw Nation Post History [151891]2008 - Ada, Indian Territory Chickasaw Nation Post History [151891]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
Sold to t***6 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Afton, Cherokee Nation Indian Territory Postal History [151876]2009 - Afton, Cherokee Nation Indian Territory Postal History [151876]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to K**********7 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Anadarko: Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita cover [157107]2010 - Anadarko: Kiowa, Comanche, Wichita cover [157107]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double circle postmark nice cancel. The Kiowa, Comanche & Wichita Agencies were located here. Nice short history included. Date: Country (if...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
Sold to P*******h for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Two Historic Atoka, Choctaw Nation Covers [157083]2011 - Two Historic Atoka, Choctaw Nation Covers [157083]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to m******a for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Bartlesville, Cherokee Nation, Delaware Tribe Covers [157092]2012 - Bartlesville, Cherokee Nation, Delaware Tribe Covers [157092]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to s**********1 for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Boggy Depot Choctaw nation, Indian Territory Postal History [151898]2013 - Boggy Depot Choctaw nation, Indian Territory Postal History [151898]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 30.00 - 80.00
Sold to m******a for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Camp Creek, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Postal History [151881]2014 - Camp Creek, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, Postal History [151881]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to j*****0 for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Camp Supply, Indian Territory (Cherokee Outlet) Cover [157124]2015 - Camp Supply, Indian Territory (Cherokee Outlet) Cover [157124]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Camp Supply was established in 1868 in the Indian Territory to aid General Sheridan in his winter campaign against the Plains Indians. General Custer
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to j*****0 for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Cantonment Gibson, Cherokee Nation. Ark. Cover & Letter [157101]2016 - Cantonment Gibson, Cherokee Nation. Ark. Cover & Letter [157101]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to s****s for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Catoose, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Covers [157091]2017 - Catoose, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Covers [157091]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to m******a for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Chelsea, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Covers [157090]2018 - Chelsea, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Covers [157090]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 120.00
Sold to m******a for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Postal History Group [151878]2019 - Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory Postal History Group [151878]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 130.00 - 500.00
Sold to t***6 for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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