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

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...