"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

About 80 mostly different Eastern US checks with adhesive R15 revenue stamps. c. 1864-79.

3 issued Panama Rail Road stocks with 3 different imprinted revenue stamps. They carried the SS Central America gold and passengers across Panama befo

10 c. 1868-1910 RN checks. 5x RNG. 1x RNB. 1x RNF. 1x RNC 11. 1x RNX signed by Rose Burcham, a strong armed partner of this major gold mine(Yellow Ast

About 100 mostly different checks with Scott R152 adhesive revenue in 2 color variations, 1 listed. Dark blue on medium blue and dark blue on light bl

Unused, VF, Scott #76, Jefferson. Very nice stamp. No gum. Previously hinged.

Hundreds of precancelled U. S. stamps. 1/2 cent, 1 cent, 1 1/2 cent, 2 cent and up to 50 cent. Five full mint sheets, many dozens of different stamps

"Cattle in the Storm", key item, mint, F-VF. The inspiration for the design for the vignette was based on the "Vanguard' paintin...

Blue cancel, three large margins, F-VF. Printer: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch and Edison. Perforations: imperforate. Watermark: none. Scott #: 2. Quantity

U.S. 1930 Zeppelin Issue Scott #C15 $2.60 blue, used, F-VF. To coincide with the Graf Zeppelin’s historic 1930 round-trip transatlantic fligh

Three six stamp plate blocks of trans-Pacific airmail stamps: Scott #s 20, 21, 22. VF, never hinged. 20, 25 and 50 cents. On November 22, 1935, airmai

Scott #RW1-10; the first ten stamps of the series. Mint, original gum, very lightly hinged, generally VF. On March 16, 1934, President Franklin Roos

Stamps: Scott #C 1-6, mint (C1-2 NH, C 3-6 OG). Six, eight, sixteen and twenty four cents. Domestic U.S. Air Mail was established by the United States

Four margins, pen cancel. U. S. Scott #1: Benjamin Franklin, line engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch, and Edson of New York City. Due to production d

Orange 1918 Curtiss Jenny Airmail 6 cent Scott #C1 plate block of six; number 9155. Quantity: 3,395,854.When US airmail service first began in 1918,

Key item, mint, F-VF. The subject of the vignette was the 'Eads Bridge' that spanned the Mississippi, connecting the cities of St. Louis, M...

Key to the set, used, F-VF, Black Columbian Scott #245. First Day of Issue: January 2, 1893. Quantity issued: 27,350 (5,506 destroyed). Printed by

25 cent orange red newspaper stamp, Scott #PR3, unused, V-VF. On March 3, 1863, an Act of Congress granted postal agents the ability to accept newspap

U. S. 1901 Pan American Expo Stamp Set complete, all never hinged. Scott #294-99, VF. The Pan American Exposition was held from May 1 through Novembe

1930 Zeppelin Issue complete Scott #C13-15, very lightly hinged, exceptional centering, VF++. In 1930, a new issue of airmail stamps was announced. Th

From the Post Office Department of the U. S. A. This book contains six ten cent air mail stamps and was priced at 61 cents. The back cover has a conti

About one cubic foot of six US stamp albums with some scattered foreign. Stamps are mostly all mint, unused, except for a group of first day covers an

Unused, VF, U.S. 1869 fifteen cent brown & blue Scott 119. Never hinged. Gum appears to be complete; our expert (FH) does not know how to dete...

Excise tax, war tax, law stamp, customs duty, cigarette tax, and more. About forty stamps and four envelopes of loose stamps, over a hundred total.

The Penny Black is renowned for being the world’s first stamp. The image of Queen Victoria used on Penny Black was based on a sketch of her a

Mexican duck stamps in quantity. Se-tenants and strips including quantities of 1297a strip of 5 with label, 1341a strip of 4 with label, 1347a attache

About 10 Mexico postmark and stamp references with info back to 1854 issues. 24 pounds, see photo. Mexico Gary Bracken Collection

Thousands of modern Mexico stamps, never hinged. Singles, blocks and sorted by Scott number, #647-1376 with various airmail issues. Mexico

1980 Olympic stamp and cover collection in Paramount International Coin binders. Small sheets of foreign stamps. 18 lbs.

Hoard of mostly foreign used stamps, c. 1900+. From all over the world, some still on envelope corners. This lot is unpicked by us and it is ready for

Two exchange notes from Drexel, Sather & Church, Bankers and Dealers in Bullion and Bills of Exchange. The partners in this bank covered the cou...

4 pieces of California Gold Rush Ephemera. Checks-1854 Adams & Co. Bankers with steamer vignette. 1850 Burgoyne & Co. 1851 Adams & Co...

2x Wells, Fargo & Co. Columbia Exchange Note Varieties, preprinted/handwritten Columbia manuscript in right top corner, Second of Exchanges: 1) ...

3x Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Exchange Notes out of 3 different Offices (NV, MA, PA), Second of Exchanges: 1) #3197 issued to L.J. Chibbuc...

9x Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco Exchange Notes with very a interesting collection of different Californian adhesive revenue stamps on decent...

Wells, Fargo & Co. three cent entire Express cover with Georgetown, California cancel. Scott U12 (1853-1855) addressed to Sig. Bisacno Brothers,...

Rare John Conly & Co. 1865 check to A H Crew, the superintendent of La Porte Express. Unused La Porte Express Co. 6c long cover, sealed on verso...

Adams & Co. Express Office San Francisco exchange note, #2835, second of exchange, order of Reuben Johnson for $126.50 on Mar 31, 1853, signed b...

Wells, Fargo & Co. three cent entire express cover with Marysville, California cancel. Scott U82 (1870-71) postal stationery addressed to San Fr...

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...

Lot of two Wells, Fargo & Co. Express and Banking Office. Includes: 1) Wells, Fargo & Co. Express and Banking Office Second of Exchange cert...

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

Very unusual and rare lot we discovered going through an old collection of miscellaneous documents. Here are two distinct pairs of exchanges (each a S

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

4 Adams and Co. Express c. 1854 checks. 1 is issued to H W Butterfield. Is he related to John Butterfield of American Express? San Francisco Californ

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

Carnes San Francisco Letter Express Locals, rare, strip of three: red (Scott #35L8), gold (Scott #35L4), blue (Scott#35L7). Original gum, extra fine.

Express & Banking Office of Rhodes & Co. Bank Checks from 1854-55: 1) #1046, 1854 for $10, paid. 2) #1235, 1854 for $200, paid. 3) #1268, 18...

2x Wells, Fargo & Co. Exchange Notes, Second of Exchanges, both out of Yreka, CA: 1) #173839, for $150 on Jun 28, 1858, signed by Wells Fargo &...

Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, Cert. #467 issued to M. Wm Terry on Apr 30, 1859, receipt for $467 worth of Gold Dust forwarded to SF Mint dat...

About 25 EJ Carter of Helena, MT correspondences, c. 1885-86. He was the Wells Fargo agent in Helena, where the US Assay office was located. It was fr

McAllisters written over crossed out C H Buford's Express Line ledger book, c. 1900's to January 1906. Possibly in Virginia City, MT, base o...

Wells Fargo & Co. Scott U18 three cent entire Express cover with Carlin, Nevada cancel. Addressed to Virginia City, Nevada. Carlin Nevada

Wells Fargo & Co. Scott U10 three cent entire Express cover with Carson City cancel. Addressed to Mr. Riley, San Francisco. Carson City Nevada

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

1872 Wells Fargo First of Exchange, dateline Carson City. Pay to the order of H F Rice, Agent, Boston Mass., $60 in gold. Orange adhesive revenue in u

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

1876 Wells Fargo & Co. First of Exchange with imprinted RNF1. Issued to CC Pendergast , Agent, $781.71 in gold on front. Pay to the order of Alb...

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

Wells, Fargo & Co. Exchange Note, First of Exchange # 2160, issued to Pomeroy & Co. for $500 on Jan 20, 1869 in Salt Lake City, UT. Signed ...

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

Very rare framed 1865 Wells Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange. Red California State Tax stamp, Exchange Second. $75, issued to John Conly & Co....

Vignettes of ladies on the left and miners in the center on this 1853 Second of Exchange from Adams & Co. Express Office of San Francisco, for ...

Collection of seven Wells Fargo & Co. exchange notes from California Gold Rush towns. These towns include Yankee Jims (1853), Oroville (1857), M...

2 Express Line log books c. 1911-12, possibly from Alder Gulch, MT. Has listing for W A Clark bars of bullion. 8.75x14.25". Montana

Cobalt single sided enamel sign. United States Express/Money Orders/For Sale Here. Date unknown. Partial maker on bottom, 13???29 Arch St, Phila. &...

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

Extremely rare and very historically important. No. 7. Dateline Washington City, May 9, 1860 (just a month after the first Pony Express trip). $10,000

Lot(2x) of interesting checks issued out of or to states that were opposite of the revenue. Includes: 1) Donohoe, Kelly & Co., Bankers, check No...

Best edition is probably The Overland Express by Rideing. Only 650 copies of this book were ever printed. This is number 514. Also Treasure Express by

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...

Lot of three Wells Fargo Pony Express Stamps: Scott #143L7, 143L8, 143L9: brown 10c, blue, 25c, red 25c. On March 18, 1852, Wells Fargo & Compa...

A commemorative mirror probably made for collectors, possibly in the 1960s. Serial L3310 on the lower right. U.S. Mail Carriers Overland Stage Wells F

Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express Money Package: "Consignees will please open this package on the END so as to preserve all the SEALS and ob...

22 Wells Fargo & Co. unused covers. 9x 2c, 11x 3c, 1x 4c, 1x 6c.

4 pieces of Wells Fargo Ephemera, c. 1869-1915. 1869 Savage Mining, Virginia City, NV receipt for silver bars-right side condition issues. 1881 and 18

George J. Ainsworth, director of the Redondo Railway Company, was entitled to free privilege of shipping personal packages on Wells, Fargo & Co...

Lot of 14. Covers many of the mining regions of the West in California, Nevada, and Montana. Some in code (mining stock transactions). Includes: Battl

Books on Fire Fighting Apparatus, Old & New (7). 1) "The Fire Engine", An Illustrated History, by Simon Goodenough, Cartwell Books...

Books on Firefighting in America (8). 1) "Fire in America", by Paul R. Lyons, published by National Fire Protection Assn., 1st Ed., 19...

Fire Record and Water Works Review, February 1886 issue. Published by Fred Miller of New York. Ten pages. 1883 hand written letter from the Eureka Fir

Constitution and By-Laws 1909, 1912, 1913, 1915. Letterhead from head office in Des Moines, Iowa, granting a death claim from 1913. Manual of the Rit

Diploma of the Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell given to Lyman Calder of Utica, Nebraska. Dated June 11, 1888. This diploma is written in Hebrew,

This is chart teaching tool for the Freemasons' "Entered Apprentice"; the First Degree of Freemasonry. All of the tools are here; the ...