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...

Lot of nine. 1) Austin N. T. Back states the letter was actually received in 1865 after Nevada was a state. From W. G. Borneman. Includes historical i

1) Town views of Rawhide, Tonopah, and Goldfield on the same postcard. 2) The Clifford Mine, the Belle Helen Mine and Mill, and Sally, basket maker 3

1) Stage Coach passing through an open plain with mountains in the background. Donner Bridge slammed with snow! The V&T passing by the ghost tow...

1) c1875 State Land Office cc. Addressed to Francis M. Smith of Clover Valley. Note on back advises "Their is no such man lives in Clover Cit...

Lot of eighteen. 1) Bank of Pioche. 2) John S. Cook Bank, Goldfield. 3) Ely Lumber & Coal, Ely. 4-6) Elko Water & Light; George Russell (fut...

Lot of fifty-one. Early Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Buster Mine, early Cave Rock, Stagecoach, Lake Tahoe, oldest house in Genoa, Carson City, cowboy,

Lot of eleven. 1) Goldbanks Quicksilver, Winnemucca address, Winnemucca cancel. 2) Spruce Monarch Mining, Wells, Wells. 3) Riverview Gold Mining, Sear

Large varied lot. 1) Clark County: a) Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club: Atom Bomb Blasts. b) Two Pioneer Club with Atom Bomb Blast imposed. One is ...

Beatty street scene by Frasher, Sparks street scene, overview of Dayton, Yerington Court House, Stewart Indian school surrounded by desert (you don&...

Lot of five. 1-2) Nevada Central Railroad with an Austin cancel. 3) Tonopah & Goldfield R. R. cover with a Goldfield cancel. 4) Virginia & T...

1) 1878 Reno & V. City Agt. Date identified by stock prices. To AB Thompson of Virginia City. R-4. 2) Reno & Va. City, Tr. 1. Addressed to J...

All have corner advertising, letters on letterhead, and background material on the people/companies who sent the letters. 1) Reno & Goldfield RP...

Lot of 60. Includes: R-6 Alpine. Early and beautiful 1888 Glenbrook from Cogwin & Noteware, R-4 Candelaria, R-4 Fletcher, R-4 Aurora, R-4 Sodavi...

Eleven pieces of early Oregon advertising covers. 1884 and more recent. State: Oregon City: HWAC#: 42241 Date:

Lot of 15. Walla Walla, Ellensburg, and Toppenish. None were postally used. No duplicates. Riders such as Roy Hunter, Wynn Vickerman, Donnie Snyder, D

Eight or so people ready for their flight in a hot air balloon. Not used. State: City: HWAC#: 48468 Date:

12 original photo postcards of Machu Picchu given by Wilbur May to Clayton Phillips, c. 1920-25. State: zPeru City: Andes HWAC#: 41906 Date:

Four albums of First Day Covers from the 1940s through the 1990s. One album contains the Wildflowers of the 50 States. State: City: HWAC#: 474

Three albums of First Day Covers: one with 67 First Day Covers and some uncancelled plate blocks; one with 118 First Day Covers, and one with "...

Large mix of cachet covers, four binders, Kenmore Limited Edition Collection, over 200 covers. Another binder from the 1950s, probably 50 covers. Post

A dozen packages of first day cover collections from the Mystic Stamp Company of Camden New York. Also an album of first day covers well over a hundre

Four binders of first day covers from the middle of the 20th Century. State: City: HWAC#: 47406 Date:

Five binders of First Day Covers, mostly from the 1990s. The last binder has a couple of pages from 1957 & 1958. Hundreds of pieces of postal hi...

Approximately 1000 covers from the 1960s through the 1990s. Ten binders total. State: City: HWAC#: 47412 Date:

Six binders, each holding over 150 First Day Covers, from the 1930s into the 1970s. The American First Day Cover Society was founded in 1955 and has a

Three albums of first day covers issued by the Postal Commemorative Society, 47 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut. Accompanying each cover is sho

Four albums of U.S. First Day Covers produced by the Postal Commemorative Society in elegant binders with essays on the significance of each issue. Th

Three albums of elegantly bound first day covers. Volumes cover: 1)1991-1993; 2) 1997-2000; 3) 2000-2003. Each cover has an essay explaining the subje

Two volumes of elegantly presented Reader's Digest First Day cover collections. Circa 1980s. Also The Presidential First Day Cover collection is...

Three albums of first day covers from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. State: City: HWAC#: 47409 Date:

Lot of 14 advertising covers from a wide range of companies. State: United States City: HWAC#: 42253 Date:

20 RPC's of uniformed men--portraits and scenes. State: United States City: HWAC#: 38427 Date:

A photograph album of 252 pictorial post cards glued to pages. From Montana mining to Florida palm trees, with stops across the country along the way.

Over 480 post cards from early 20th century and possibly earlier. America the Beautiful is covered from shore to shining shore. Worthy of inspection.

Two binders of "The History & Heritage of the Commonwealth." First Day Covers of Canada. State: City: HWAC#: 47404 Date:

Album of 175+ first day covers from Canada. Mostly 1960s and 1970s. State: City: HWAC#: 47430 Date:

Four binders of first day covers from the 1950s through the 1990s. A total of 410 covers with United Nations stamps. State: City: HWAC#: 47403

Four albums of United Nations First Day covers. Two issued by the Kenmore Limited Edition Collection. One 1959-1979, the other 1970. One album issued

Three albums of 274 first day covers from the United Nations, from the 1950s-1980s. State: City: HWAC#: 47431 Date:

Page of Hawaiian stamps 1875-1894. 17 stamps, including provisional government issues. Both mint and used. Please see photos. State: Hawaii City:

It is far more common to see 2 x 1 block of stamps. Includes two cent, four cent, and five cent varieties. 10 stamps in total. State: Nevada City:

Nineteen sets of these 2 x 1 sets of stamps. Three five cent varieties. Two are rouletted for sure. Sixteen two cent varieties: imperforate and roulet

Sixteen 2 x 2 (4 stamps). One five cent and the other are imperforate and rouletted two cent stamps. A variety of colors - see photo. 64 stamps in all

Four sets of a 1 x 1 , 2 x 1 and 2 x 2. Includes one set of four cent stamps, one set of five set stamps, one set of imperforate two cent stamps, an

40 two cent and 9 five cent Nevada Revenue Stamps. Three five cent stamps seem to be imperforate. Two cent stamps are rouletted and imperforated and t

Two stamp blocks. One is a 3 x 4 (12 stamps). They are two cents rouletted light orange red. One is 4 x 1 (4 stamps). It could be described more like

32 two cent and five cent Nevada Revenue Stamps. Three five cent stamps, two definitely rouletted. Two cent stamps are rouletted and imperforate and t

Four albums of U.S. Stamps. Albums are approximately 50 percent filled with plenty of room for new collections. State: City: HWAC#: 47423 Dat

Eleven miscellaneous United States stamp albums and a hardbound book on the commemorative stamps of 1996. State: City: HWAC#: 47424 Date:

Eight albums of US stamps. State: City: HWAC#: 47425 Date: