Holiday Auction: Mining, Philatelic, Americana, & More (December 2020)

Sent from Napa Wine Country in California to Wine Country in North Carolina. Addressed C. M. Hitchcock, Murphy, Cherokee County, NC. Date: c1890 Co

Different preprinted envelopes and different stamps. 1) Wells, Fargo Co. / Feb.6 / San Andreas. Three cent green, Washington, U. S. Postage stamp on o

Great Lot! The California Express quickly became the operative phrase for all correspondence going west during the gold rush. These two documents are

1) 1851. Printed San Francisco. Above that is hand written Sac. City (Sacramento). Rare! Second of Exchange. to Erastus Phelps for $400. #2963. Two v

Right in the middle of the gold Rush and in the middle of the gold rush era. On San Francisco paper. San Francisco has been crossed out and Sonora wri

Three different Wells Fargo covers: 1) Wells Fargo & Co. / Express / Stockton. With Stamped 'PAID'. 2) Wells, Fargo & Co. / Paid / S...

Lot of two. 1) SCARCE. Printed "Alta Express Co. / PAID envelope. Stamped Alta Express / Company / Volcano. Addressed to J. Seligman & Co.,...

Issued to Tandler & Co., San Francisco. written in pencil $613.75. Scarcer Wells Fargo envelope! Date: Country (if not USA): State: C...

Deposit receipt, “Deposited with us a sealed package, said to contain __ value in Placer Gold’. Has a list of 44 company offices inc

1) 1856 Forwarders with list of major branches in northeast. Columbus, Ohio. Steam Train vignette. 2) Forwarder. 1854, List of branches. Train heading

Lot of six: Iowa Hill, El Dorado, French Corral, Jackson, Jamestown, Bear Valley. Overall the strikes are very strong! Counties include Mariposa, Tuol

1) Double circle Pacific Union stamp (double strike, hard to read). "Pacific Union Express Company was incorporated in California Dec 18, 1867 ...

A rare letter from the Colorado & Wyoming Stage Mail & Express Company, which ran in the late 1800's. Letter is dated December 20, 1884,...

Red surcharge company frank (Haller WF-O6) on 3¢ pink entire, large double circle blue Wells, Fargo & Co. San Francisco handstamp and black...

Dated October 11th 1871, No. 83 for $240. A Scott #RN-C21 2c orange (Washington) internal revenue stamp printed on (black on) white paper. Y cut cance

Printed blue frank on unaddressed 1861 3¢ pink part paste-up entire, either from the Idaho mines or from San Francisco to the east coast. With

1) 1865 R-5 Gold Hill, Nev. 30mm postmark. Addressed to C. C. Cassidy of Dutch Flat. Christopher Columbus (C. C.) was living in American City in 1864

1) 1850. Adams & C0. Marvelous vignette entitled Adams & Co.'s Express' and shows a modest building! 2) 1855 Has the more noted, ...

Proprietors wee Nery Wells, E. T. Winslow and Johnston Livingston. Dateline New York Nov. 2nd, 1849. Two steam train vignettes. Lists cities in New Yo

Unissued. 185-. "Connecting with Wells, Fargo & Co." Beekman opened his express office in 1856. C.C. Beekman operated a bank and expr...

A collection of very rare materials supplied to Wells Fargo Employees. This lot includes 1) Letterhead issued to Wells Fargo Agent Nathan Rhine, writt

Very rare Wells Fargo pepper box label from Nogales, Arizona for the "Fargo" brand. About 6 x 9". Date: Country (if not USA): St...

1) 1889. Corner cover for L. E. Walker, Ve Kol Mine, Arizona, O. O. Casa Grande. Fort Wayne straight line received mark. Stamped in Los Angeles. Vekol

Lot of 4 pieces. 1) 1884 cover to San Jose with two letters enclosed. 2) Corner advertising cover for the New Southern Hotel, mailed in 1911 to Fresno

Mining related - Great Sierra Con. Silver Co. Bold strike of cds [MON-20 open 1882-84, Williams] on cover to New Bedford, MA franked with 1883, 2

1) Neat manuscript postmark (YUB-120) with pen cancel on 3¢ rose, to Nevada. California. c1870. 2) Cover to London, England with a Franklin bl

A-59 light green pair of 1c Franklin's. Advertising corner for the Willietta Mine, Luther Wagoner M. E. The Willietta was located on Hog Mounta...

Block of three A-10 Washington 3 cent stamps and one A-5 Franklin 1 cent stamp. Cancel is a TUO-420, 1854-1856, R-4 Rare Killer. Date: c1

1) Feb. 22, 1852. Coverless latter. Includes gold dust calculations. You can get a better price at the mint. talks about Downieville burning down. &...

Letter states, "Dry Creek (Yuba County) Post Office, Aug. 5, 1857" Addressed to W. J. Frierson, Grafton, California. Postmark YUB 550. Onl...

Large postmark (1858-1864). R-4. YUB-590. Hydraulic mining was done extensively at Empire Ranch. The name would be changed to Smartsville in 1865. Da

1) Faster's Bar manuscript. [YUB 620, 1852-1853, R-4, Williams] Manuscript '5'. Sent to William R. Morgan of San Francisco. 2) Brownsvil...

"Signed by Wm. T. L. Searris(?) of Sacramento City. I am well and far away." "have seen the Grizzly Bear" "I have a job and...

Lot of 3. 1) Hydesville purple octagon cancel on cover sent to Table Bluff. Date illegible. No contents. 2) Hookton Humboldt Co., 1884 stamped in red

"...we have been digging in that tunnel...I think it will pay $3-$4 a day." Talks about snow and snowing. He talks about Alnon Shaver feed...

Self identified "James Wilcox, Apr, 1, 1860". Postmark is good. R-4, YUB-710, 1855-1863. . Stamped envelope wot Three Cent Washington. S...

Lot of 12. Corner ad. covers: Wm. H. Hoegee Co. (1915); Paul C. Read (1928); Hotel Rosslyn (1907); Hollenbeck Hotel (1907); Cudahy Packing Co. (1894);

$325 promissory note to R. A. Pearis from C. Cobillance & Co. July 18, 1850. For lots purchased in Marysville. Paid in full 1853. Filed 1856. A ...

1) Double circle with grid killer. Mostly personal, but mentions gold coin, chinaman working and girls can make $20 to $24 a week. 2) 1855. Track canc

c1853. One to Massachusetts and one to Connecticut. Light, fragile brown covers. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Marysvill

This lot includes three advertising covers from J.G. Eliott (Red Two-cent), F.J. Daveluy (Red two-cent) and R. Bancroft (Orange two-cent oval). The Ba

Ten cent green Washington stamped envelope. SAC-1770, 1857-1862, R-4 Hydraulic and dredging operations in the area created the booming town

Three one cent Franklin A24 brighten up this cover. Cover is a three cent stamped envelope. Cancelled Michigan Bluff. PLA-2470, R-3, 1862-1866

Known cancels exist from 1852 to 1858. SAC-1910. R-5. Addressed to Crusoe, New York. Cover shows some discoloration weathering, but the pos

Noted from May 12, 1852 to October 15, 1856. Prepaid '3'. . On a J. M. Hutchings cover of a 'Mining Scene, California Envelope' Man...

Earliest use of this San Francisco postmark: Feb. 20, 1860, red integral rate eds (SAF-250) on 1850 folded cover to Maine with additional manuscript p

1) Manuscript Mar. 7. Manuscript Killer. UB-1140, 1857-1874, R-4. 3cent perforated pink A25 stamp. 2) Star in circle killer. YUB-1150. Will

1) Parks Bar. Manuscript in blue ink. February 8, 1856 pre received note. Sent to Wellington C. Burnett, Sacramento. Manuscript postmarks through 1856

1) Dutch Mining and Milling Company Corner Advertising Cover. From Quartz, Tuolumne County, California. Red 2c square Washington A61 stamp. TUO-1200.

1) green cds with matching "X" rate handstamp on 1850 folded cover to Illinois, letter talks of Temperance Lecture, Boat trip from St. Lou...

1) 1891. Fancy script "State Mining Bureau" with California seal pictorial. Office of the mineralogist. Very nice looking, strong strike, ...

Interesting lot includes Ad cover from Brooklyn Hotel, San Francisco and a letter that tells a story of the grandkids and their salmon fishing expedit

This is a lot of five hotels including The Royal House (Two-cent red), Montgomery's Hotel (Two-cent red stamp), Hotel Pleasanton (Two-cent green...

Lot of 2 different. Miller & Lux were based in Los Banos and were some of the biggest Western landowners of the 19th century. 1) Rare corner ad....

Corner ad. cover for Herbert & Vogel, Coopers, Wine Cask and Tank Builders, SF. Sent in 1894 to Cloverdale. No contents. Date: 1894 Country (i...

Lot of 2. 1) S.W. Rosenstock & Co., Manufacturers and Importers Boots & Shoes. Sent Feb. 26, 1877 to Roseburg, Oregon. White text on gray ba...

Lot of 2. 1) Christy & Wise, Agents for Wool Growers, Commission Merchants and Hides. White on light green background. Date unknown. Sent to Sto...

A pair of two different corner ad. covers for Kohler & Frohling Wine & Brandies. Nice pieces. Date: 1800's Country (if not USA): Sta...

Two advertising covers and a letter from The Russ House, San Francisco. Both with San Francisco postmarks, one has a two-cent red, the other, a two-ce

Lot of 2. No contents. 1) Corner ad. cover for Oregon Coal & Navigation Co., Vallejo and Davis Streets, SF. Sent in 1888. Staining. 2) Corner ad...

This a true 49er letter with unique content!!! Dated August 31, 1849 with San Francisco 1st cancel. The gold dust would be going directly to the U. S.

1) 1876 letterhead from Kruse & Euler in San Francisco. 209 & 211 Front Street. To Frank Litsch of Shasta. "The package of gold dust st...

1) Downieville Wells Fargo stamped envelope. 1860/61 issue of Washington 3c red. Addressed to A. Davies of San Francisco. 2) Forbestown post office ma

Two covers with Gold Country post marks, including Tuttletown, Tuolumne County and Towle in Placer County. Both are in good condition. Date: 1894

Lot of three. 1) YUV-1470, 1857-1861, R-4, Red. Manuscript month, day and killer. Letter from miner at Willow Bar on the Yuba River. The author pines

1) YUB-1470, R-4, 1857-1861 . Manuscript Nov. 18. Green 'x' Washington stamp. On orange envelope. 2) YUB-1490, R-3, 1870-1876. We know the

Both have hand written day and month inside postmark. \Yub-1470, R-4. 1857-1861 Both postmarks in red. One upside down, but very nice. the

Large ring bold cancel for Three Rivers, TulareCo., Cal.with star cancel. Tul-2840 in Williams, rated R3 of 4. The post office there opened Dec 23, 1

1) Foster's Bar. Aug. 11 hand written. Valentines Day Card. No postage - FREE. To New Hampshire. YUB-650, 1861-1864, R-e . 2) Camptonville o

Illustrated with various types of mining. Left: underground mining, with men wheeling an ore cart out of mine entrance in hillside, back; foreground,

Illustrated letter sheet on double page with numerous scenes (one page printed on full sheet), dated "1856". Includes rare letter. Most kn...

Unused. Copied from a daguerreotype sketch by Justh & Quirot Lithographer. No printer shjown, but thought yo be Britten & Rey. Double sheet ...

Four vignettes. Left to right, down: GOING IN TO IT. (two miners resting with their packs, stream in background); MAKlNG SOMETHING. (one miner with pa

Four Vignettes: A Sundays Amusements; A Daily Pleasure; Occupation for Rainy Days; A Pleasant Surprise. -- [San Francisco]: Britton & Rey [white...

Four vignettes. Left to right, down: GOING IN TO IT. (two miners resting with their packs, stream in background); MAKlNG SOMETHING. (one miner with pa

Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason), Wood engraving; 9 13/16 x 7 3/4 in. Image of a list of articles that comprise various beliefs of a miner. Done with h

1) Corner advertising for "Monte Cristo Mining and Milling Co., Office No. 433 and 435 Larimer Street." Return in ten days to M. M. Pomero...

1) Envelope with reverse showing the Windsor surround by Mountains: Grays' Peak, James' Peak, Arapahoe Peak, Longs Peak. Addressed to AJ Sho...

1880. Great corner advertisement. Letter is written by a local blacksmith. Times are exciting right now, he claims, as many men are coming to town loo

Two Watch Corner Advertising Covers: 1) canceled 1897 to Jewelers Guild Distributing Co., Manchester Iowa, from Philadelphia Watch Case Co., Riverside

Pictorial cover from Howe Machine Company, 344 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. with picture of Elias Howe, Original Inventor of the Sewing Machine. G

No Cancel. Reduced at left. John Day, a local surveyor, was the namesake of Dayton, Nevada. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City:

Territorial. Includes a California State Telegraph envelope address to Day. Telegram is dated July 6, 1864. "Send no more bars to Theall, loss ...

Lot of 2. 1) This is a very clean postal card from the land agent for the Northern Pacific Railroad. The card letterhead gives the locale of the land

Nice pictorial cover. United States of America, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. In VG condition. Postmarked Washington, D.C. Date: Coun

Letter from Thos. Murdoch sent in February 1825 from London to Newton, Gordon, Murdoch & Scott in Madeira. Letter references wine shipment: &quo...

Lot of over 60. Small envelope with additional 30 stamps. Countries represented include: Canada., Italy, Shanghai, Bahrain, France, Spain, Canada, Net

This is a huge group of eight binders chock full of first day covers. This collection was put together by David E. Bradley. All books and covers are

Lot of 40+. Includes: First Flight Covers Colorado Springs, Colorado 1928; First Flight Air Main from Otis, Washington County, Colorado March 30, 1929

Lot of five first flight covers from Connecticut, c1931-1961. Includes cachet covers, and a couple of commemorative stamps. Bridgeport, Hartford, New

Inauguration of Airmail Route 94 Bridgeport, New Haven, Connecticut, 1967; and State Connecticut Convention Air Meet, August 1929. Date: Country (i

Group of four first flight covers from Delaware, c1939-1949. Includes cachet covers from Rehoboth Beach, Wilmington and Georgetown. Date: 1939-1949

Air Meet at the Wilmington Airport, October 6, 1928. 5 cent Air Mail Postage. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Delaware City: Provenance:

Group of 24 first flight covers from Georgia, c1926-1983. Includes cachet covers, postmaster and acting postmaster autographs. A few have commemorativ

Lot of 10. First Flight Covers, 1969-1978; Georgia's Airport Dedications, 1933-1941; Georgia National Air Tour 1929. Please inspect. Date: Co...

A first flight cover from Honolulu, Hawaii to Tokyo, Japan, February 3, 1954. Has a Tokyo AMF, Japan postmark and small cachet on the back. Date: 19

One Maryland Air Mail Cover 1937, American Airlines. Six stamps (five different). Annapolis cancel. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Maryland

Group of 29 first flight covers from Massachusetts, c1927-1976. These major route first flights include cachet covers, some postmaster autographs. Da

Lot of 36. First Flight Covers 1934-1941; Massachusetts, American Legion Air Meet, 1929; Airport Dedication, 1931-1932; Massachusetts Air Races, 1929-

Lot of 27 first flight covers from Michigan, c1928-1956, several from the 20's. Includes cachet covers, some pilot and postmaster autographs, an...