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

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...