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

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...

Lot of ~60. First Flight Covers, 1931-1969; Airport Dedication, 1930-1968; Trophy race,1934-1935; National Air Tours, 1929-1932; Air Shows, 1927-1933.

Lot of 4. First Flight Covers, 1933-1950; Mississippi Airport Dedication, 1932; Official Cachet 42 Annual Convention, September 1975. Date: Country

Lot of 19. First Flight Covers, 1929-1999; Airport Dedication, 1940-1985; Nebraska Air Show, 1946; Air our, 1929; Air Races, 1931-1934. Included is Fa

Lot of 21 first flight, air race, airport dedications covers from Nevada, c1926-1999. Includes 1927 Reno contract mail cat. 18E9, Reno to Elko, 1 of 2

Group of 20 first flight covers from Nevada, c1926-1962, most from the 20's-30's. Includes cachet covers, and two pilot autographs from firs...

Group of five covers from New Hampshire and Maine. N.H. includes three air tour cachet covers: one from Concord, c. 1930, and two from Keene, c. 1930,

Lot of 4 first flight covers from New Hampshire, c1934-1951. Includes cachet covers, one pilot and one postmaster autograph, with first flights from L

Lot of 17 first flight, air shows, meets and dedications covers from New Jersey, c1929-1955. Includes cachet covers, and a mayor's autograph. D...

Lot of 18 first flight and dedication covers from New Mexico, c1929-1954. Includes cachet covers, and a pilot and postmaster autograph. Date: 1929-1

Lot of 18 first flight covers from New Mexico, c1930-1950. Includes cachet covers, two postmaster autographs, and a number of small airports, as well

Collection of 52 first flight covers from Pennsylvania, c1927-1990, mostly from the 30's-40's. Includes cachet covers, one pilot autograph, ...

Lot of 48 air mail and airport-related covers from Pennsylvania, c1927-2003, most early dates. Includes cachet covers, several pilot, some postmaster

Lot of 5 first flight covers from Providence, Rhode Island, c1932. Cachet covers, with one pilot autograph included. All are for first flight air mail

Group of three air races and dedications covers from South Carolina, c1929-1933. Includes June 15, 1933 dedication of C.C. Anderson Landing Field, Wal

A dozen or so first flight, airport dedication covers from Utah, c1926-1979. Includes cachet covers, and some postmaster autographs. Date: 1926-1979

Group of 4 first flight covers from Vermont, c1934-1946. Includes cachet covers and one pilot autograph on a 1946 Rutland, VT cover with typed informa

Lot of three first flight covers from Vermont, c1930-1931. Includes cachet cover for an air tour in Springfield and two covers for an air meet and ded

Lot of 25 first flight covers from Virginia, c1926-1992, most from the 30's-40's. Includes cachet covers, one pilot autograph, two postmaste...

Group of four first flight, airport dedication and commemorative covers from, c1932-1962. Includes cachet covers, a cachet designer's autograph,...

Lot of 9 first flight covers air mail via a special flight from Sacramento to San Francisco before connecting to a flight from Los Angeles to Seattle.

Group of 57 first flight covers from Washington, c1926-1978, most from the 20's-40's. Includes cachet covers, some postmaster autographs, in...

Group of 43 covers from Washington State, includes air shows, tours, races, dedications, and first flights, c1926-1986. A ticket to a 1927 National Ai

Group of 19 first flight, air races and air events covers from Washington, D.C., c1928-1984. Includes cachet covers, and two covers from the Charles L

Group of 25 first flight covers from Washington, D.C., c1926-1959. Includes cachet covers, a 1926 Sesquicentennial route, first nonstop service from W