"Autumn Gold" 2024 November Auction

7 different ship photos on a river, maybe the Mississippi. Small pleasure craft, side wheel steamers, tugboat, masted ship etc. 13.5x10.5", som...

Eastern States Steamer Excursion Boat Postcards (30). All in Color - No Duplicates - 1908-1913. [ 1908-13

A collection of Steamship Ephemera, c1907-40. Includes: 5.5" x 1.5" printed fabric piece, possibly to pin to shirt, with words "WEAR ...

A collection of 10 postcards from various tourist steam ships, c1900-1930s. Includes a rare postcard of the R.M.S. Saxonia, unused with silk insert em

3 rare Comus and Proteus steamship postcards. Social Hall, profile, promenade deck. Also, 1915 S S Comus passenger card.

c. 1900 sternwheeler photo, 6.5x5". Medium contrast, sharp focus. No photographer listed. Alaska steamer written faintly in pencil on verso. Al...

A card-mounted photo of USS Yorktown (1888-1919) of the United States Squadron of Evolution, also known as the White Squadron. Info included on the c

A pair of real photo postcards depicting a stagecoach crash in Nevada City, California, likely in the early 1900s. One photo depicts the crowd gathere

HOLMES, KENNETH L., EDITOR AND COMPILER - Covered Wagon Women. Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890, Volumes I Through XI - Overl...

Very rare undated ledger page, Great Sierra Stage line. We have never seen this one before and our research did not find any info on them. There is a

Redding to Weaverville, California stage entering the town of Shasta. This is possibly one of the last remaining stage runs in California as motor coa

An Overland Stage Line receipt, Ben Holladay, Proprietor, c1865. An 8.5" x 4.25" one-sided receipt, partially pre-printed, which reads: &q...

1866 receipt for a new road in Madison county to Territory of Utah. 12x7.' Crease tears and verso stain. Please inspect. [ Madison County Montana

c. 1800's covers without contents from S R Buford business's. About 80 S R Buford Grocers, about 20 Virginia City & Red Bluff Stage, abo...

A collection of 8 stage coach invoices from Montana, c1893-1909. Information includes number of passengers, destinations, names, charges, and on some,

Letter with cover, chronicling a three day journey by stagecoach thru Nebraska. The writer (M. Potts) describes the beauty of the country, but also c

Pathmasters were elected or appointed to keep the paths of his area well marked and clear of fallen trees or growing bushes. This lot contains a hand

Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, Vol. 1 1878-9. 322pp with index. Has maps, prints, nature engravings etc.

1860 The Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859 by Horace Greeley. Greeley's travels through Kansas, Utah and Cal...

1st edition. From the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River to the City of Sacramento, California. Contains a Table of Distanc

1926 The Overland Mail by Hafen, 361pp with index. History of early mail routes by stage coach, Pony Express etc.

1863 and 1865 California State Telegraphs with seldom seen pictorial covers. [ San Francisco California

Telegraphic Cipher of Securities by Gaylord, 22pp. A private telegraphic code explained. Some mold, water stains, binding separating from pages, spine

7 c. 1876-1918 California mostly Western Union telegraphs. Eureka, San Francisco-1 with Rockwell holiday illustration, Bishop, 1876 in rough conditio

9 c. 1870-1971, mostly older, Nevada Western Union telegraphs. Reno, Carson City, Virginia, Tonopah, Wadsworth, Sparks, Hawthorne.

11 c. 1872-1936, mostly older, Western Union telegraph messages. Kansas City MO, Bloomington IL, St. Louis MO, Cleveland OH etc. Mostly business relat

15 pieces of Western Union Telegraph ephemera. Railroad passes-1870, 1870's, 2x 1898. 3x business cards. 1874 message, 1886 billhead, 1897 Atlan...

Classic cast-iron, large Railway Express strongbox for transporting gold, bullion, coin, and money. All original handles intact, and the original fron

Express Company Sealing Wax stick, whole & original. The red/ brown color is indicative of use by various Express Companies (Adams, Wells Fargo,...

1859 Wells Fargo & Co. Yreka second of exchange, 1855 Rhodes Express Weaverville, 1852 Adams & Co. second of exchange, 1871 Wells Fargo &...

Lot of (5) Express Banking documents. Adams & Co. Express San Francisco, plus Express Banking Office of Rhodes & Co. (x2), the Holland Overl...

Collection of 10 exchange notes from Adams & Co. They are from major California Gold Rush towns including Sacramento (1851 and 1855), Marysville...

Columbia was one of the absolute key California gold rush mining camps located at the southern end of the mining region near Sonora. Today, it is a Ca

Dated San Francisco, Dec. 1, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co.'s express box on the Chinese and Copperopolis Stage was robbed by one man about two mi...

Extremely rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Iowa Hill, Cal., Dec. 2nd, 1855. No. 41.302, issued to TB Hotchkiss at the office of the American Express

Received of Hardy & Kennedy Gold Bar package value six thousand dollars. Dated 1858 Forest Hill. Light blue paper, 8 x 5 1/2 inches; lithograph...

Lot(x4) of paid checks related to the town of LaPorte and famous bank John Conly. Includes: 1) Wells Fargo & Co. bank check No. 242938, dated Fe...

Wells, Fargo & Co. Nevada City (CA) Exchange Note, Second of Exchange #135804(?), issued to A.D. Tower, Agt. on Jan 2, 1859 for $50. Signed on r...

2x Wells, Fargo & Co. Exchange Notes, Second of Exchange of the same day, consecutive - very rare occurence! 1) #285131 & #285132, both for ...

Pony Express group includes a hardbound volume containing "The Pony Express, Stories of Pioneers and Old Trails" Placerville, Calif., news...

Dated: Rattlesnake, Jan. 12, 1856. Peter E. Mead deposited $400 in coin to be returned to him on his order on presentation of this receipt, signed Bal

Rare 1851 Freeman & Co's Express Office deposit receipt for $1200. Some light brown and ink stains, center crease .25" hole, please ins...

Two beautiful Wells, Fargo & Co. Gold exchange certificates, each with first California State revenue tax stamps. Includes: 1) Wells, Fargo &...

18?? Page & Bacon-small center hole, 1873 Bank of California duplicate of exchange, 1861? Wells Fargo & Co. second of exchange, 1870 third o...

Wells, Fargo & co.'s Express received of J. G. Garrison one package gold dust. Dated April, 1865 at Todd's Valley. 8 x 5 1/2 inches; le...

Scarce group of 9 Wells Fargo receipts c. 1896-1903. Receipts for gold coin and gold and silver bars sent to Bullion Exchange Bank in Carson or the sa

1913 real photo postcard of Wells Fargo office at Eureka train station. Fine condition. [ Eureka Nevada

Early territorial Nevada Pony Express postal cover dated September 3, 1862. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Virginia Pony Express began operations on A...

3 Wells Fargo exchanges from the Comstock Vicinity. Very rare 1872 datelined Carson City, First of Exchange, issued to H F Rice, Wells Fargo agent in

2x Wells, Fargo & Co. Portland (OR) Exchange Notes, Second of Exchanges. This was the only Well, Fargo & Co. Office, that acted as an Assay ...

1941 Timber Lake Lodge, OR cover carried by cowboy relay team via old Oregon Trail.

A pair of fantasy Wells Fargo & Co. handcuffs with key. They are made to look real for the period, but Wells Fargo never made these.

Scarce American Merchants Union Express Company stock certificate signed by William G. Fargo, as President in 1868. No. 918, 25 shares to Dennis M. Fi

First edition. 1950. Photos. Indexed. 287 pages. Autographed. Front cover showing weakness, but still firmly attached. This is The Story of American E

2x 1909 Pacific Express receipts and 1879 American Express Company receipt signed by one of the Butterfields, whose company merged with American Expre

Two crafted miniature Wells Fargo Stagecoaches. One measures 9"x 12", is made from wood and was created by artist Oscar Cortez in 1997. Th...

Rare 1855 Ten Years Among the Mail Bags: or, Notes From the Diary of a Special Agent by J Holbrook. 432pp. Front and back board detaching, foxing. Sol

c. 1909 pair of mail train robber mug shots from Leavenworth Penitentiary. Identified on verso as Jack Shelton and William Matthesus?, both are wearin

First day covers with varied subjects and cachets, including a 1948 one honoring Joel Chandler Harris, author the now controversial stories of Uncle R

11 albums of mostly First Day and special covers from Postal Commemorative Society. 1960, 1961, 1967, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988. 1987 A

9 albums of First Day covers, Postal Commemorative Society. 1990, 1992, 1994-99 and 1992 wildflowers of America

Postal Commemorative Society First Day Covers with cachets in albums, 2000-2009.

Hundred of cacheted US First Day covers, some in albums. 1982 birds and flowers of the US by Fleetwood, 1987 Wildlife of the 50 states by Fleetwood, 2

12 albums of US First Day covers in Mystic Stamp Co. Heritage Collection albums. 1996, 1997, 1998-99, 1999, 2000-01, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010-11,

Perhaps 200 c. 1990's-2003 US First Day covers, no cachets. A few postcards. $50 or more in unused US postage.

Around 200 US First Day covers with color cachets by various artists. A colorful group.

Around 300 or more US First Day covers with color cachets. 1979 flags, then mostly 1981-85. In binders with slipcases.

Random US First Day covers with some in albums. About 300. c. 1940-94 or so. From family collections, dealers and trade stock. 17 lbs.

About 400 or more 1973-81 US First Day covers with Fleetwood color cachets in 5 slipcases.

US First Day covers in Postal Commemorative Society albums. 2x 1971, 1973, 1976.

2010-12 US First Day covers in Postal Commemorative Society albums.

A collection of 37 U.S. First Flight commemorative covers, c1927-81. Includes a "First Night" hand stamped cachet, June 15th, 1932, Phoeni...

A collection of 14 U.S. First Trip Commemorative Covers, c1941-58. RARE. All have First Trip cachets, cancels and Special Stamps. First Trip cancels i

9 cacheted commercial liner 1st voyage covers, c. 1933-66. SS Washington, United States, Santa Lucia, Pres. Cleveland, America, France etc.

Large collection of first flight and first trip covers (100+), from U.S. cities and towns, c1950s. [ 1950s

A collection of 80 U.S. Commemorative First Flight Covers, all pilot signed, c1930-83. One of the covers is signed by Larry Harris. May 17, 1930, Nash

Cache First Run cover for an Alaskan Railroad called 'The Moose Gooser" a privately owned tourist railroad in Alaska. The postmark is dated...

From June 23 to July 1, 1931, navigator Harold Gatty and pilot Wiley Post completed an around the world flight in eight days, 15 hours and 51 minutes

A collection of 8 U.S. Commemorative Covers, First Flight and other Special Covers, with autographs, c1969-72. All have cachets. Autographs include: F

A collection of 8 U.S. Commemorative Special Covers with autographs, 1969-71. 7 cachets, 6 First Flights. Includes Apollo 14 cachet, 1971 USS Hawkins

A collection of 6 U.S. commemorative covers, First Flight and Special Use, with members of Congress' autographs, c1926-71. Includes a letter by ...

A collection of 7 U.S. commemorative covers, first flight and special use, autographed by U.S. Governors, c1969-71. Includes a cover signed by former

A collection of 5 U.S. commemorative covers: First flight, with autographs by U.S. Supreme Court justices, c1971. All postmarked N.Y. cities, with U.S

A collection of 5 U.S. Commemorative Covers with military officers' autographs, 1970-72. 4 cachets - 3 First Flights, 1 Apollo 14 Recovery Force...

A trio of U.S. commemorative "Special" covers signed by U.S. presidents' relations, c1970-71. Includes: Perry County Airport Official ...

A collection of 24 U.S. Commemorative Covers all signed by US senators, 1933-75. 28 senators' autographs in all, plus other government figures. ...

Handwritten letter and cover. Letter originates from Columbus, Esmeralda County Nevada (an early and remote mining camp) and is addressed to one Mr. F

A collection of 15 Fresno, Calif., Postal History covers, c1895-1927. A variety of cancels and cachets including San Francisco & Los Angeles RPO...

U.S. stampless cover with "10" in upper right and and "Grass Valley / Jul / 28/ Cal" upper left. Addressed to Mr. Seth Scott, Fr...

Letter & cover dated November 30, 1858. Included is an Expert Committee Report from the American Philatelic Society, testifying to condition, au...

Railroad themed first day covers. Included in the 37 covers are the California Zephyr 1949-1974, Union Pacific 8444, 1944-1974, Mile High Rail Fair 19

1888 letter and cover sent from Pittsburg, Colorado to Chicago, Illinois. Clear double circle cancellation on 2¢ entire. The letter itself is f...

This is a cover with a unique Sea Jug Postage mark. This particular cover appears to have been dropped overboard (Off the M.V. Arizona Sword off the F

1936 5 Keneta Hawaii imprinted cover.

A collection of 21 advertising covers and their contents, originating in Montana and dating from the 1880s and 1890s. The Montana businesses advertise

An advertising cover and contents from 1908, advertising immigration to the new Nevada mining town of Mazuma. Mazuma, which was founded in 1907, met a

Covers (2) includes a piece delivered by the German ship Graf Zeppelin from Los Angeles to Lakehurst, New Jersey in August, 1929 and a cover commemora

Philatelic cover and letter signed and sent by Rear Admiral J.L. Abbot, commemorating Dustin Trans Polar Flight Around the World in commemoration of A

A collection of 9 early covers and a postcard from New York and Connecticut, c1863-1905. Some DPOs and hand cancels. Imprinted and adhesive stamps. In

A collection of 21 Ohio covers and postcards, c1884-1942, gives a good slice of postal history in the Buckeye State. Some with Discontinued Post Offic