"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

Very eclectic mix of Railroad ephemera, ranging from Timetables to tickets to stock coupons. The star (one of many) is a 1895 California Street Cable

Nelson's Pictorial Union Pacific RR Trip Across North American Continent From Omaha to Ogden, c1874, 45 pages written trip information with ele...

11" high 16" long 12" wide, restored, new wood step, no railroad name present. reported as Virginia and Truckee RR but no proof. ^ Da...

This is a magazine issued by the Railway Express Agency dated December 1935. The lot includes a complete receipt book from the 1940s. REA developed fr

Copy of the 'St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, Western Division, Mortgage Deed of Trust on Railroad Property and Franchises from Mary...

Copy of "The Pacific Railroad -- Open. How to Go: What to See. Guide for Travel To and Through Western America" by Samuel Bowles, publishe...

19 Reference Books on Western Railroads 1. Wagner Short Line Junction 1956 2. Beebe Virginia & Truckee RR 1949 3. Behan San Francisco Street Rai...

Paper sign for Marysville and Gould Stage Line. We are unsure if this is in California. 11x13.75". Partially delaminated from multi layer paper...

Lot of 3. A photo of the ship ashore after the fire. A Seaman's certificate for Alfred Tyler and his certificate of discharge from the U.S. Dep...

White Star Line passenger steamship "Georgic", 1932. A full color "map" of the ships cabins and decks. VG condition. approx. 36...

Lot of 6. An important library of all issues related to 19th century stowage: chemicals, hardware, provisions, exports, imports, coal, minerals, insur

A group of aviation things: an electric clock from Trans World Airline; ten inches in diameter; flyers from American Airlines advertising California,

Early aviation collection, scrapbook & postcards. About a dozen postcards, blank, one that's been written and sent. Postcards in good condit...

Huge group of post cards, advertising ephemera, flight route maps, airport souvenirs, flying service brochures, airline magazines, far too many to lis

This is a bank note from Wells, Fargo & Co. from Columbia, Cal., dated Oct. 14, 1857. One of the richest gold mining towns in California; Colu...

Wells, Fargo & Co. letterhead. Regarding greenbacks. They also exchanged currency; at 62.5 %. From the Columbia Office (California) of W, F &...

Nevada, California red oval Wells Fargo with Old English "Express" cancel on 3 cent red on buff pre stamped envelope, Sc U10, with boxed p...

Lot of 3. 1) 1854 San Francisco pictorial deposit slip for James Duffy. 2) Special Deposit receipt, Sacramento, Jan. 2, 1852, for $150 in coin. Missin

Lot of 9, all unused. Includes: pictorial SF check; Marysville Special Deposit form; Nevada (City) receipt; Shipment for Coinage form; pictorial Third

Lot of 2. 1) Aug. 2nd, 1855 cover to FW Page (of Page & Bacon in San Francisco). Red oval Wells Fargo express Sacramento cancel over red three c...

Lot of 4. 1) 1861 Virginia City, Nevada check signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & Curry Mine. 2) 1879 San Francisco for $1,000 for coin by ...

Lot of 8 different WF checks. Includes: 1891 Independence; 1873 Columbia; 1865 Folsom; 1891 North Bloomfield; 1902 and 1904 Taylorsville; 1854 San Fra

Lot of 14. Includes: 1870 First of Exchange, San Francisco; 1893 Second of Exchange, San Francisco signed by Frederick Lipman; 1869 COD express envelo

Lot of 2 different. 1) Extremely rare (only one seen by FH) Second of Exchange for the California Express & Exchange Office of Wells Fargo, New ...

Lot of 3 bills of exchange or certificate of deposit: 1) San Francisco, 1871 First of Exchange payable "In US Gold Coin" in New York. This...

Lot of 2. 1) 1909 Pacific Express Co. pass for DT Mervine, Supt. of Wells Fargo. In holder. Formed from the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Express C

This is a very clear photograph of a horse drawn wagon detailed as "Allens Express" Company about 1909. A court case develops where Allen...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Early Wells Fargo cover sent to WE Elliott Esq. in Stockton. Blue oval cancel Wells Fargo & Co. Express Aurora. Not dated...

Very early Carson City! Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Carson City, June 3rd, 1861 (a few months after Nevada Territory was created). Receipt for C...

Wells, Fargo Express Way Bill Receipt Book, 1889, Carson City, 16 x 19", binding shot, original covers present. E. F. Pierce, Agent at Carson. ...

Only a few known. Dateline Carson City, Nev., March 7th, 1872. Issued to Wells Fargo agent (and second supt. of the Carson City Mint) HF Rice for $175

Lot of over 45 checks written on the Wells, Fargo & Company of Carson, Nevada in 1875. Printed by Bacon & Company of San Francisco. None of ...

Extremely rare cover. This is a post office envelope with overprinted Wells Fargo express bar next to the red six cent stamp. The cover has an orange

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

Lot of 3 different. 1) Preprinted cover for the superintendent of the Silver Hill Mining Company. This was a mine in Silver City, Nevada. Not postally

Very rare. Second of Exchange for two pounds sterling to be paid at Wells Fargo's London office. Issued to VC agent CC Pendergast. Signed by Wad...

Rare. Second of Exchange issued November 4, 1880 to CC Pendergast for $50. Signed by Wadsworth. 4.5 x 9" Pendergast was a Wells Fargo agent in ...

This unusual oil painting arrived in a Reno antique shop in the 1980s and was immediately captured by an advanced collector of Wells Fargo. The oil pa

Original wax sealer for the Pacific Union Express Co, which ran lines throughout the West in direct competition to Wells, Fargo & Co. This seale...

Lot of 5: 1861 Wells Fargo check, Virginia City handwritten, signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & Curry Mine; Candelaria Water Works check, ...

Rare pictorial bill of lading for bags of coffee and sugar sent from New York to Lawrence, Kansas in October 1865. Double sided. 11 x 8.5" The ...

This is a photograph of a Wells, Fargo Express office in Honey Grove, Texas dated 1916. At 5 in. X 7 in. on hardback paper, Backing at 9 in. X 7 in. .

This is a photograph of a Wells, Fargo Express wagon at the Denver & Rio Grande Express station in downtown Ogden, Utah about 1897. The signage...

Extremely rare express company letterhead. Dateline Bryan, Wyoming Territory, Jan. 6th, 1871. Addressed to post trader WA Carter at Fort Bridger. Mess

Exceptionally rare. Dateline Melbourne, Dec. 11th, 1854. Second of Exchange issued to Griffith T. jones for $156 to be drawn on Adams & Co. in P...

Lot of 6. Includes: 2nd of Exchange, San Francisco, 1854; 3rd of Exchange, SF, unused; 2nd of Exchange, Stockton, 1854; 2nd of Exchange, Nevada (City)

This group has a cover issued by the Adams Express Company as well as a free coupon or "frank" for free transportation of luggage issued i...

Lot of 8. Five are frank (free) annual passes for packages, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916 , 1917. All to WW Fulmer, general purchasing agent for Wells Fargo

Lot of 14. Includes: two receipts with pictorial past-ons (Anamosa and De Witt, Iowa) (One dated 1866); eight frank annual passes (1903, 1912, 1913, 1

This is a cabinet card photo of an American Express Company office; location unknown. There is a sign in the window "money paid by telegram&quo...

Excellent collection of 6 items from 5 different express companies. Includes: Holladay Overland Mail & Express Co. (1860s unused deposit receipt...

Lot of 3 different frank ("free") passes. 1912, 1913, 1914. All issued to WW Fulmer, General Purchasing Agent for Wells Fargo & Co. Th...

7 Key Volumes on Wells Fargo & Western Express 1. Harlow Old Way Bills 1934 2-3. Hungerford Wells Fargo 1949 (2 copies) 4. Loomis Wells Fargo 1...

Lot of 8. Includes: Second of Exchange, Portland, Oregon, 1864; Salt Lake City letterhead and corner ad cover, 1875; 1866 WF New York and California E

Lot of 4 different. 1) 1883 receipt for shipment of $500 coin from Ione to Mill City, Nevada. 2) 1873 Virginia City, Montana Territory receipt for bul

Wells Fargo Money Order & Travelers' Check. Examples of both money orders and travelers checks from Wells Fargo are very rare. 1) Fairbank (...

Two 1909 passes, one unissued, the other issued to WW Fulmer, Purchasing Agent for Wells Fargo. Pink cardstock. The Compania Mexicana de Express, S.A.

Wells Fargo & Co., Specimen $20 Travelers Check. Printed by the American Bank Note Co., this dates from the early 20th century as the dateline r...

This real postcard depicts a Wells, Fargo & Co,. horse drawn wagon with a messenger. On a divided back postcard, c.1907 or later. Good color con...

This is a cast iron sign for the Wells, Fargo Co. " W.F. & Co. Ex." at 14 in. X 3 in. repainted red. C.1916. Please see photo for de...

This is a Wells, Fargo & Co. Express hat badge #2510 . 4 in. X 1.75 in. wide. Late 1800's early 1900s construction. Please see photo for det...

These are fantasy pieces, not reproductions. 25 different, believed to be all made by John Fairchild if London in the 1960s. Distributed by Stan Lukow

Group of 1) Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co., St. Louis, Sept. 1855 certificate of deposit. It was not paid as the company had dissolved in Fe...

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

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

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

Stampless letter with 1855 from Washington. Asking for coffee-Bright orange 'From Steamer Sydonia'. To Toledano & Taylor Company. Sydoni...

UNUSUAL! You won't find this very often. US Land Office Springfield corner cover. Attached is a 1 cent Franklin (US #O96) Dept. of the Interior ...

lot of 18. Postmark I.E; Aledo Ill. Bromfield, Neb. Hedron Neb. , Guide Rock, Mingoj, San Francisco Calif., Kansas City MO., Lyndon Kansas. VG o

Group of 5. 1879-1882 Postal money order purchase Advice receipts. Cherry Creek and Hamilton. ^ Date: 1879-82 Country (if not USA): State: Nevada

Lot of 8. Printed stories are included for each cover. 1. One cut square Lander Bailey , there are only 3-5 known and all are cut squares. 2. Cover

Revenue Stamp reference lot of 3 publications includes: Castenholz Field Guide to Revenue Stamped Paper Western States, Part 1. Stamp Taxes in Nevad

Postmarked and cancelled with New York, Apr. 30. Three cent Franklin. Attached green Boyd's Express / Post 2 Cents. Sent to East Windsor, Conn. ...

Advertising cover for HM Lyon, Ravenna, Ohio, sent to Col. Chas. A. Lindbergh in New York (New Jersey address crossed out) in May 1930. Three stamps:

A post office package register from Ohio, c. 1880. This register book is completely filled with shipping records and includes an endpaper from the Pos

Lot of 24. Covers and postcards, some in protective covers. Various conditions. I.E; Bissels 1888, Atwater, Ohio 1891 double circle, Old Fort Ohio

Four pieces of vintage postal history from Ohio: advertising covers with contents: 1) Forest City House, Cleveland, 1896; 2) J. C. Miller Produce Comm

Raw cover group from dating from c1860 to WW2 and later. Collection includes as follows: (2) Civil War Patriots; (28) 1st Flight or Equivalent; (17) E

France 1849 (Apr) lettersheet to St. Brieux franked with 1849 20c (#3, good to huge margins) tied by grid, alongside Caen date stamp of origin and blu

Mexico 1861 lettersheet to Monterey franked with 1861 4r diagonal bisect (Scott #9a) tied by Saltillo June22 oval date stamp, Mepsi certificate. ^ Da

#71 and #77 tied by black grid cancels, 15 cents and 30 cents, on cover to St. Petersburg Russia. Salem Mass July 10, Aachen Franco on front. Ex Henry

Uruguay 1864ca lettersheet to Buenos Aires franked with 1864'Escudito'12c sky blue (Scott #23var, Ciard1 #22d, good to huge margins all arou...

Very nice collection put together years ago. Over 130 pieces. Includes corner advertising, RPO postmarks, RR cachets, covers with train stamps, trains

Unusual Graf Zeppelin cover with 65 cent and $1.30 stamps, tied by April 30, 1930 Varick St. duplex hand cancel. Proper red circular cachet, violet ro

Group of 10 covers and one color postcard commemorating the USS Macon airship. See photos for details. ^ Date: 1933-1935 Country (if not USA): Stat

Large mostly US First Day Cover Collection c. 1976-86 with some Canada c. 1983-84, about 1000 pieces total. Includes presidential, some US First Day p

Six albums of postal covers issued by Postal Commemorative Society. Three are U.S. First Day covers & Special covers in brown albums from the e...

Postal cancellation collection, with aim to collect postal cancellations from every town in the US. Most of the examples are c1940-1950, with a few 19

Extra rare 1st edition of Stanley Gibbons inc United States Stamps. Group of stamp reference books. Exceptional variety in very good condition. Most b

Group of 12 reference books on stamps and covers from around the world, with a focus on the United States. Published 1950-2002. Lot includes books on

Revenue Stamp reference lot of 5 publications includes: Castenholz Field Guide to Revenue Stamped Paper Western States, Part 1, Southern States, Part

Collection of 8 choice reference books on U.S. postmarks, published 1935-2007. Titles include "Flag Cancel Encyclopedia", Langford; "...

13 Publications on vintage post cards. Topics Include: Tuck; Fantasy; O'Neill; Artist; Rare; Picture Post cards; Mucha; Antique and others. ...

Postcards featuring Hollywood silent screen actors, highlighting some of the comic geniuses of the time. These include Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton, Ch

SF waterfront view, vintage, group of 31 PCs in good condition; no duplicates. 6 real photos. Color (25), B/W (6). See photo. Measure 3.5x5.5"....

This is a lot of 34 postcards containing 27 real photo postcards and 8 black and white printed postcards. These postcards present an operations center

This is a lot of 35 postcards containing all real photos. These postcards present lumber mills from all over California. They date from 1920 to 1950.

This is a lot of 40 postcards, containing 22 real photo postcards, 17 color printed postcards, and 1 amber postcard. There are no duplicates in this l

This lot contains 30 postcards, all color prints. These postcards present lumber mills across the U.S. They are dated from 1907 to 1914. ^ Date: Cou

This is a lot of 39 postcards containing 20 real photo postcards, 6 color printed postcards, 11 black and white postcards, and 2 amber postcards. Thes