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...