Great American July Auction

R-6. Magenta double ring cancel with target killer. Cancel is good, strong and easily read - although bottom half is faint. Belleville post office was

1904 (1867-1911). Historical background on postmaster (stamped on cover) F. R Brotherton and RF Gilbert. State: Nevada City: Belmont HWAC#: 4669

May 7, 1889. Post office was open from 1883 to 1894. Strong strike on cover. Mailed to Hale Brothers of Sacramento. State: Nevada City: Bernice H

About 200 RPC's of Boulder Dam and vicinity. Includes older full face RPC. Mostly white border cards. Needs inspection, a great collection. Prag...

Includes two pages of historical information on this important Comstock mine. State: Nevada City: Carson City HWAC#: 46489 Date:

Lot of three. One R-6 Alpine, July 20, 1909 on a registry return receipt. Two Fallon. One 1919 City of Fallon billing post card for electricity and wa

Ada H Mining cc. Known cancels from this location are restricted to 1919 and 1920. Legal Sized Envelope. State: Nevada City: Clover City HWAC#:

October 7, 1895. Earliest known Cradlebaugh cancel according to the survey of Nevada postal history by Gamett & Nelson. Opened roughly into stri...

1)1909 Deeth with historical background on William and Effie Park the senders. 2) 1888 Octaganal Tuscarora. 3) 1905 Carlin postcard of Chimney Rock. 4

These three lots show the progression of Empire City's cancels. 1) Early first or second year(1866 or 1867) manuscript cancel. The official post...

Nice, strong strike. Mailed before the first anniversary of Nevada's statehood. The post office name would be changed to Aurora within five mont...

Includes some interesting notes on the time it was sent and the conflict between California and Nevada and in which state Esmeralda lay. Nice strike.

Lot of thirteen. 1) R-6 magenta 1886 Belleville. Post office open from 1874 to 1894. 2) R-5 Columbus as a received on the back of an envelope. VERY st

1) 1921 R-5 Alpha. Nice strike. Contains background information on Alpha and Nick Morderelli, signee. 2) 1883 Palisade. Letter. 3) 1898 Eureka. Letter

This Esmeralda County post office was open from 1883 to April 24, 1894. This cancel was March 26, 1894. Strong magenta strike. From Mrs. G. A. Green.

These were found by one of Northern Nevada's most prolific diggers. "POD" stands for Post Office Department. Both are pictorial: Pony ...

Nice cc on this strong Goldfield 1906 cancel. Contents are the stock market report for May 2, 1906. (Report is not authentic to envelope it is ten day

One RPC of Eagles Drum corps, June, 2-1911, Goldfield Nevada. The other, hand colored image of "a bonanza Lease on the Mohawk, goldfield, Nevad...

Lot of twelve. 1) Weak Paradise Valley 1891. cc' for Alfonso Pasquale with historical background. He was a rancher and ran a hotel in Paradise V...

Steamer on Lake Tahoe. Unusual (or rare) view. Photographer is on back which identifies this as a Nevada postcard and hence Lake Tahoe. Photographer i

1) R-4 Cortez. 1904. Signed by H. Berry, a rare black Nevada citizen during this time period. 2) 1894 Battle Mountain with a cc' for Dr. W.H. Ho...

Lot of five. 1) 1891 El Dorado Canyon with a corner advertising of the Southwestern Mining Company. Historical background is included. 2) 1913 Panaca

Lot of thirteen. 1) 1909 R-4 Sutro. Very strong strike on postcard. 2) Dayton. Probably early statehood. To the Treasurer of Storey County. 3) 1886 Si

1) Main street Manhattan. Published by Nelson Rounsevell Stationary, Manhattan, Nevada. Manhattan postmark through stamp. "Manhattan", &qu...

Please see photograph for how this piece was cut. The Manse post office was open from 1891 to 1914. According to the Nevada Postmark Catalog, this par

Lot of ten. 1) Weak Belmont 1889. 2) Rhyolite postcard published by AE Holt. 1904. Historical background included. 3) Very hard to read Bonnie Clare R

R-5. 1899 on Registry Return card. Post office open from 1869-1912. Some historical information on DE Moore who signed this card. State: Nevada Cit

Two RPC's: One is an overview of town and the other is the Million Dollar Court House. One 1909 black and white bird's eye. Two color postca...

1) Copyrighted by Thyes & Reese. Shows Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias Number 2 marching in uniform down Virginia Street. 2) Copyrighted by Thye...

Amazing very early RPC of the Reno Race Track. Women and men are lined up along the fence and in the stands waiting for the next race. Cars from the 1

1) Tango Room at the Club Fortune. In the 1940's this was "the happening place" in Reno. 2) Faro Bank with a 1947 Reno postmark. Card ...

Highlights include 1) three different Hotel Golden corner advertisements. One pictorial. One letter written on Hotel Golden stationary. Other covers w

Rhodes Station on the Carson & Colorado Railroad. Bill for for salt for William Shimmin Benton. Superintendent of the plant was John Fleming. On...

1898 clear strike (post office open from 1873-1901). Signed by Sol Hilp with nice historical background on him included. State: Nevada City: Ruby

"This is one way we have of telling who has been through here." On the cancel Sparks is weak, date is good. State: Nevada City: Sparks...

R-6. Post office was open from 1890-1915. Nice clear cancel, made difficult to read since it is cancelled on top of the stamp pair. Corner advertising

Three of each. All pre 1880's. 1-3) Virginia City: double ring blue c1870, 1866 (hand written but very probable) target killer, and c1860's ...

Unused. Six horse team double freight wagon. In front of brick Golden Block, 1902. Currently housing Nye & Ormsby Bank and Lathrop Davis. Stat...

Unusual view. Lots of horses and wagons - no cars! Very early as back has no place for writing, Unused. Corners show wear. State: Nevada City: Ton

Target cancel. Most likely 1870 or 1871. Pages of historical background on Treasure City. Nice looking strike; although bottom right is fainter than t

Addressed to Mrs. Pardon Brown - part of the Pardon Brown correspondence, "The letters in the find tell the tale of a group of pioneer brothers...

R-5. Postmarked 1905 (1874-1906). Nice looking strike. On a registry bill. Historical background on the Page family. State: Nevada City: Tybo HWA

RPC's. Complete - or almost complete. Photography by Renoite Walter Mulcahey. Lot of thirty-seven. All the regular views are here. Great way to ...

B Street, St. Mary's Diamond Jubilee, building falling apart, overview, Frasher street scene, Piper's Opera House, C Street. Town and buildi...

1) Addressed to A. A. Cohen of San Francisco. Very Strong Virginia City strike. Historical information on Cohen included. 2) Second Virginia City N. T

Nice red strike over stamp dated April 6, 1887. Reverse has a nice Virginia City "Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco" wax seal in ...

The most interesting piece is a 1911 Verdi, Nevada letter with good contents. The author is working for the Truckee River Power Canal (which still tra

1) R-4 Schellbourne with letter. 2) R-4 Osceola with historical background on Joseph Grandelmeyer and Tillford family. 3) Very early 1902 R-3 Strawber

These are all photos are of older Nevada scenes. Contrast varies. Tonopah wagons 1903. Fold through right hand side. 1880 military parade. 1875 Con Vi

1) Very Strong Hamilton Blue cancel. 2) Nice 1867 Virginia City cancel. "TL Tileston, August 1867" on back. 3) Weak Silver City to Volcano...