"Holabird's High-Grade": Mining, Numismatics, Railroadiana, & Americana (June 2023 Live Auction)

About 650 assorted humor and cartoon post cards, 6 lbs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Total of 33. Seventeen are RPC's. Postmarks: Sonora '48, Tour Co. Inc Nord. Street Level scenes: Territorial Enterprise Virginia City (2...

About 500 cards. Roughly 85% RPC's with mostly white borders, post 1925. Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainer, caves, Des Moines, Mt. Lassen eruption, military,...

About 30 Native American postcards. Mostly chromolitho across several publishers. c. 1900-20's featuring many chiefs. Perhaps half are pre split...

Lot of 63. Many of these were mailed to Ken Prag from clubs for Post Card Week. A few RPC's, a couple of pre-split , one Pvt. Mailing Cards ,...

2 albums with perhaps 400-500 US travel postcards, c. 1920's-30's. Mostly Southwest US themed with RPC's of mound builder in Illinois, G...

About 500 modern and older transportation postcards. Aviation, ships, cars, trains. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

About 2500 unsorted postcards up to 1980's. Mostly US, some RPC's, historical and modern, also some Italy with lots of variety. 26 lbs. Dat...

A box of over 200 vintage post cards. Mostly all greeting cards, c1906-1908; numerous pre-1906, pioneer cards, political cards, bull fighting and the

About 400 mostly older postcards featuring women, children and general people. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

A fantastic group of 100+ Pioneer Cards c. 1898-1907 in a period album titled Cruise aus der Ferne. England, mostly Germany, holidays, New York etc.

About 350 German postcards, c. 1848-1920. Many if not most addressed to USA, with higher than normal foreign postage, some carry US military postmarks

Lot of 2 different. 1) Receipt for Poll Tax 1874, County of San Francisco, March 1874. Issued to Dr. Ellinwood. Signed by the Deputy Assessor. Black o

This is an unlisted variety. Receipt for Poll Tax, 1876, with $2 Poll Tax facsimile adhesive stamp in upper right corner. Black on pink. Issued May 18

2920 issued March 1877 to Dr. C. Ellingwood of the US Marine Hospital, San Francisco County. Signed by Deputy Assessor M. McCarthy. $2 Poll Tax facsim

Lot of 2 different. These are the only two of the group that have both a facsimile adhesive revenue stamp and a facsimile imprinted revenue at center!

Lot of 3 different. 1) 1881 receipt for LC Lane. Signed by Deputy Assessor Macmillan. $2 facsimile adhesive stamp in the upper right. Black on yellow

Lot of 15: 11 hunting permits and 4 California fishing licenses, all with stamps. Total of 36 stamps incl. RW 15, RW 34-8, RW 41, and RW 43. The rest

Rare orange Wells, Fargo & Co's Express label, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1.5x2.5". Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City...

Full sheet of 50 US Stamps, Hawaii Scott 80. 1c dark green. NH, imprints to top and bottom. Bright, fresh, VF. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

4 early US folded paper covers, c. 1810's. 2 addressed to Postmaster in Cumberland. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Maryland City: Pr...

About 150 covers to Virginia City MT, mostly sent from the Midwest. c. 1992-1908. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Virginia Cit

4 missent covers, 3 with front advertising. All addressed to S R Buford, Virginia City, MT, however they were all delivered to Virginia City, NV. Cove

Lot of 3 different sheets with of 100 stamps each, 3 different denominations: 17 cent (green), 34 cent (red), and 68 cent (blue). Printed by American

1931 Germany Dornier Do X first flight cover, Europe to South America via Rio de Janeiro. Has six stamps, five different, including: a 2 Reichmark Ze

Cover with US 1930 $2.60 Graf Zeppelin stamp (Scott C15) tied by Varick, St. Sta. NY May 6, 1930 machine cancel. On cover for first Europe Pan-America

Scott C13-15 Graf Zeppelin on cover and postcards, April 21, 1930. 65c, $1.30, $2.60 set of plate number singles. 1 First Flight Cover($2.60) and 2 Fi

Lot of 3 different: 65c, $1.30, and $2.60. Scott #s C13-15. Extremely well-centered, lightly hinged. Very fine. The choice scenes of US airmail! Date

A nice cached First Day cover collection from 1991. Most of the cachets are color, and include all the categories, inclusive of space. The collection

About 30 corner advertising covers, c. 1890's to 1910. E M Chessman, Force Foods, H M Marks, C H Hanson, Combe Printing, Cascade Stables etc. D...

13 mainstream US company advertising covers, a couple with reverse advertising c. 1892-1909. Ghirardelli, Montgomery Ward, Durham Tobacco, Libby'...

17 corner pictorial advertising covers c. 1883-1906. San Jose Fruit-we sold a can like this one in a previous auction! Fruit, calf meal, black leg vac

9 full face advertising covers c. 1879-94. Salt, coffee, carriages, fruit, liquor, seeds, etc. Some with stamps. Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

Postal Commemorative Society binder with Norman Rockwell cachets. 100 covers c. 1978-80. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

1) 1856 Newington manuscript with contents. Written on cover 'on board Ship Patterson.' 2) Portola Maine stamped letter sheet. 1853. One pag...

13 reverse advertising covers, some are 2 side ads, c. 1899-1907. Coffee, book, harness, lumber, tent, soap, fixtures, starch etc. All but 1 with stam

Lot withdrawn Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection

About 43 Western corner advertising covers, many with contents c. 1892-1908. D W Gill, F A Folgers, Sweet Candy, Helvetia Milk, Dalles Fruit, Salt Lak

7 wine and whisky covers with contents, c. 1886-1904.James Levy & Bro. with reverse advertising including Tea Kettle Whisky with no Western agen...

1) 1866 on cover New York to Switzerland. Fancy cancel and interesting postmark - New York Transit Switzerland stamps on reverse. 2) England to New Yo

Lot of 19 covers. Includes: US Mail Express red cancel on 1840s NY stampless cover; fancy cancels incl. on New Orleans, 1863; three covers with Columb

4 US domestic covers, c. 1860's and post Civil War. #65 on Sacramento to San Francisco advertising cover. Rust 3 cents and 3 cents postal statio...

About 120 unused US imprinted postal covers, c. 1932-1980's. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Collect...

6 covers with 1869 series stamps. A34 1 cent, A36 3 cents, A33 15 cents, 2x A35 2 cents, A37 6 cents, off center. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

US stamp, Scott E-1, 10c blue Special Delivery. Mint, OG. F-VF, catalog $575. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

America's first stamp, Scott #1, 5c brown. Appears unused, hinged. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

5 different A24 covers, c. early 1860's. Some with additional stamps. See photos. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ...

A29 cover from Richmond, VA to Sheffield England. Paid in Liverpool. Red and black cancel. Sheffield cancel on back. Date: Country (if not USA):

A30 in light brown on cover from San Francisco to New York and finally Frankfort Germany. 7 cents paid cancel. Front of cover only, white paper partia

A48 on 1872 cover to Prussia with orange 7 cent. Bremen front cancel and AUSC. back cancel. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenan