Great American July Auction

Lists number of packages and who is receiving them. These are all for Home Park and Return. A few passengers listed. State: Montana City: HWAC#

0.75 x 4.00 x 1.75". U. S. Express on both long sides. One small side says "Net Wt 1 1/4 oz / Serial No 2862." The other says "W...

Very old mailbag--lot of history here. State: United States City: HWAC#: 38218 Date:

Erie Express record of COD's forwarded. All pages unwritten in this unused railroad company ledger. Estimate $150-$300. State: United States...

Four books about the short lived delivery system: two copies of the "California and Pony Express Trails" draft study environmental assessm...

1) "The Pony Express" by Visscher 1946. Cover included but in fair shape at best. 2) Booklet entitled "Pony Express, Heroic Beginning...

Big Pine, May 30th, 1914 photo of Memorial Day Parade. State: California City: Big Pine HWAC#: 48619 Date: 1914

10 RPC's of Calico, various scenes--overview, Old Drug Store, Calico near Yermo, 1890, twenty mule team and others. (Prag Collection) State: C...

Contrast is weak, but a nice historic photograph. It was a leading lumbering area during the Comstock rush. Address only on the back! State: Califo

The Golden Queen Mine, Gold Hill, Mojave Calif. State: California City: Mojave HWAC#: 48621 Date:

Lot of two: 1) "The Crooked Tree" Paoha Island, Mono Lake Calif. Taken by Frasher Photos. 2) Earthquake crack on Negit Island, Mono Lake, ...

Lot of seven. Five real photo postcards: early 1905 Broad Street, c1920's Broad Street with tracks, 1906 Main Street Grass Valley, 1910 4th of J...

San Francisco 1906 earthquake postcard collection. Over 100 postcards to picking the destruction and condition of the city following the earthquake th

Lot of 27. Seventeen are real photo: Emerson's Hotel (mailed 1914), Lassen Industrial Bank, Court House, Catholic church, LDS church, Post Offic...

Lot of 24. Nineteen are real photo, two are color, and three are early printed. Of the 24, six were mailed (1909-1961) and one has a long message writ

Lot of 11 real photo postcards. Views include: The Old Mill, Southern Pacific Railroad construction work, Lassen Grain & Milling Company, Saw Mi...

Three RPPCs. Two are reprints (c.1940s) of early Susanville views: Main Street in 1864 and "On Richmond Road in the Early Days" (JH Eastma...

Approximately 440 cards! Includes: real photo postcards (c.1905-1915), Mitchell early views, and cards dating to the 1940s-60s. Approximate counts: 36

Includes Dutch flume near Smartsville, 6 automobile photos, Del Monte Hotel in Monterrey County, 1898 Auburn County Receipt, Dunsmuir 1906 postcard,

1) Includes a Marysville addressed to Mrs. C .C. Crittendon (from the famous Crittendon correspondence collection). c1860's. 2) Downieville addr...

Postal cover addressed to W.R. Callahan of Rocky Bar Idaho with a brochure advertising Clark's "O.N.T." Cabinets including spools of t...

43 Total pieces. Highlights are 8 Terminus territorials with blue and purple cancels, 1903 Dewey (1894-1913), 1915 very early Wise River, 1891 Willis,

Lot of 3 territorial letters from a scarce location. Two have dateline Blackfoot City, the other simply "Blackfoot." 1874, 1875, 1876. All...

Lot of eight. Includes the longest driving bridge in the state RPC (TRV photograph), Grand View Hotel and FL Gray Store, main street Kalispell, 1947 R

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North Great Falls official postcard from Cascade CO MT. Post office ran from 1890-1893. Very rare postmark. "North" is not visible in the...

Territorial postmark from Old Agency in Teton Co Montana. Postal card dated March 4, 1888 during the post office run from (1875-1889). Has a fold le

Very early official postcard from Ramsey MT in Granite Co dated 1891. Post office was only open for 9 years from 1888-1897. Poor strike, but the rev

Great card! Man sleeping in doghouse. Post marked Renova, 1906. Post office open, 1906-1923. State: Montana City: Renova, Jefferson County HWAC#:

10 Total pieces from Sheridan MT. Mostly 1800's including 2 Corner Covers, 1 purple cancel, and a train delay. State: Montana City: Sherida...

Eight RPC's, three black & white, and one colored postcard. RPC's include several nature scenes, Yellowstone Valley National bank, Morri...

Nice black and white photo of the Stevensville Hotel. Hand written notes on fronts include "parlor door" and "This used to be my bedr...

10 Total pieces from Twin Bridges MT. 4 Slightly different cancels, all black circles and 2 registered covers. State: Montana City: Twin Bridges

21 Total pieces from Virginia City MT. Mostly territorial and many different cancels. Black, Blue, and purple ink with a variety of different cancels

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Lot of twenty-four. Territorials include: 1) 1888 Helena to Conrad of Fort Benton. 2) Strong Butte City 1884 Postal Card to Hershfield of Helena from

About 50 total pieces of corner covers from various companies and towns in Montana. CC's include J.G. Olsen Druggist, Ekalaka Telephone, The Mac...

Aluminum card-New Federal Building, Butte; 3 Leather cards: Northern Pacific Railway Depot, stamp and postmark; 2 other leather are Greetings from Liv

1) Launching of USS Helena in 1940. 2-3)1940 USS Helena business reply envelopes. Both with two two cent red stamps. 4) 1946 USS George Cllymer (spel

According to the Nevada Postmark Catalog, this is the earliest second period Acoma cancel. Mostly very strong. State: Nevada City: Acoma HWAC#:

Nice strike on a Registry Return Receipt From Warren Williams (Fallon's founder and major player in early Churchill County) to his son John P. W...

"The Union - The Constitution and the Enforcement of the Laws" written below a large eagle on top of a shield. Addressed to R. T. Ryan. S...

Post Card shows the mountains around Aurora (I assume), "where Oliver got his mountain lion." Card is addressed to Mrs. J Oliver Kirkpatri...

1) 1866 very early R-4 Aurora cancel with grid killer. Addressed to Nathaniel Howard of Chrysopolis. Dates of Chrysopolis post office narrows the date

"NOV' restruck outside of cancel. R-4. Early usage. State: Nevada City: Aurora HWAC#: 46595 Date: c1870

Mailed from Goldfield with an Aurora Stamp on back. Includes detailed list of Cain's holdings in Aurora that were to be taxed. Cain is most know...

June 20, Austin, Nev. cancel. But James Gamett makes a strong case that this is really an N. T. cancel. His argument is included. State: Nevada Cit

This cover is addressed to John Garber. He was an important San Francisco lawyer who found himself involved in Austin (and other Nevada) mining dispu

One has a partial seal on back. The latest writes about the authors visit to Tonopah in 1904. ^People arrive every which way including many on foot. ^

To William Cook of Carson City. Was in the Herman Toaspern Collection (includes background information on this important, early collector). State: N