Montana "Big Sky 2" Auction

Unlisted in Towle & McDonald. Miles City and Aberdeen, Montana. City: Aberdeen State: Montana Date: 1934 ID: 36551

1) Manuscript. No manuscripts reported in Shellen & Dunn. 2) #2. Only one reported in Shellen & Dunn. Weak, but readable strike. Tough town ...

Thirteen total and five territorial (two different). Strikes are poor to excellent. Corner covers include LJ Baker of Rumsey, County Clerk, Anaconda C

Aberdeen, S. D. & Baker, Mont. H. P. O. cancel on First Trip of the Highway Post Office. Trip 1 Blue and Trip 2 Red varieties. Different! City:...

This is cancel #1 in Shellen & Dunn. It is interesting in that the date on the cancel is April 6, 1884. It is mailed to AC Stoddart of San Franc...

Lot of forty-four. Includes: R-5: Billings & Kirby. R-4: BIllings and Helena (weak). R-3's include BIllings & Red Lodge, Billings & ...

Six total, five territorial, three different. 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, and 1894. City: Boulder Valley State: Montana Date: 1883-1894 ID: 3700

Lot of thirty-one. Includes Laclede Hotel, Fannie Freeland Grand Chief of Honor, Pease & Setffens Elgin Watches, 1932 Montanan, Hotel Baxter, Ga...

Lot of 15. 1) #2 in Shellen & Dunn. Corner Advertising cover from the First National Bank. 2-4) #4. One has remnants of a red wax seal. Another ...

All with Bridger cancels. Three RPC's, one unusual 'mask' PC and two color postcards of Montana. City: Bridger State: Montana Date: ...

Post office was only open ten years: 1891 to 1901. Strong 1893 strike. City: Butler State: Montana Date: 1893 ID: 36713

R-3 includes Marmath & Butte and Butte & Anaconda. R-2's include Butte & Salt Lake City, Butte Trans. Clerk, Butte & Seattle, Bu...

Fabulous historical and postal collection of territorial covers from Butte City. Advertisers include: Baker & Harper engineers, Barret & Jac...

Lot of sixteen. Four territorials. 1) Unlisted pinwheel c 1870's cancel. CC for CB Houser, Wines, Liquors, Cigars, & Tobacco. 2-4) Territori...

1) Type 1 in Shellen & Dunn. Manuscript. Only one listed. 2) Type 2. Six listed. Very strong strike. Blue-grey. Two great examples! City: Comet...

Both examples in Shellen & Dunn and both nice strikes. City: Corvallis State: Montana Date: 187-, 1886 ID: 36706

Stage in front of the Corwin Hot Springs building. Identified by sign on left. Stage says (?) Park Transportation Company. Strong contrast allow these

Type 1. Both pink and black. Both are strong types. Both sent to the same address. City: Crow Agency State: Montana Date: 1885 ID: 36570

Both manuscript. One written Dearborn and the other just has a pen cancel. Both are from Wheeler & Brown, addressed to Indian agent JH McKnight ...

Many territorial. Deputy & Staudaher butcher pictorial, Montana Mercantile, Dillon Implement, The Melten, LC Fyhrie with letterhead, Western Uni...

Great collection with four different colored cancels!!! City: Dillon State: Montana Date: 1881-83 ID: 37047

1) Fish Creek. Four manuscripts in Shellen & Dunn census. 2) Harrison. Three manuscripts in Shellen & Dunn census. City: Fish Creek / Harr...

Manuscript date of March 15, 1885 pre-dates earliest manuscript example in Shellen & Dunn. They only list one manuscript for this town. Post off...

Lot of three. 1) Straightline, type 3, circa 1885. 2) Double ring #4. 1886. 3) Double ring, double Circle type 2. 1885. Three interesting cancels from

#3. Four of this type in Shellen & Dunn. Handwritten '7/23.' Cancel is the straight line Forsyth, M. T. City: Forsyth State: Montana ...

1) #2 in Shellen & Dunn. At December 30, 1884 this would be the earliest Forsyth cancel. Seems to be a new variety. Star killer. Strike is very ...

#1 in Shellen & Dunn. First year of operation. FABULOUS STRIKE! City: Fort Assinaboine State: Montana Date: 1879 ID: 36571

#2. Very fine strike. City: Fort Assinaboine State: Montana Date: 1882 ID: 37141

#3. Three listed in Shellen & Dunn census. Mispelled Fort Assinbone. Nice strike. City: Fort Assinaboine State: Montana Date: 1884 ID: 37139

New variety. Similar to #2, but has a star in circle cancel. Wobbly strike. From J. Kline. City: Fort Assinaboine State: Montana Date: 1884 ID: 37

Another new variety. This is a double ring with a target killer. Dated January 18, 1887. Cancel is over writing, but very nice. Most unusual and inter

#5. Only one listed in Shellen & Dunn and this is it! Nice strike. City: Fort Assinaboine State: Montana Date: 1888 ID: 37136

Lot of eleven. Two territorial including a c1884 to Robert S. Ford of Sun River. Mostly 1890's. City: Fort Assinaboine State: Montana Date: ...

1) #2 in Shellen & Dunn. Four listed in their census. Nice strike. 1882. 2-3) #3. Four listed in Shellen & Dunn. 1880 (earliest) and 1883. O...

Quite a rarity. Purple postmark on a green envelope. cc for the Post Office Department. No stamp - official business. Reduced at right. Opened in 1934

Both are examples of number 3 cancels. 1) Datelined Missouri River in 1875. Five pages. 2) 1877 letter from the Missouri River by same author. Nice pa

Eight total. Three with unread letters. Two Fort Benton: octagonal and double ring double circle. One Fort Logan octagonal. One Fort Keough double rin

Lot of 33. 1) Ten Fort Custer. Six territorial. Earliest is 1884. One 1885 with contents. 2) Five Fort McGinnis. Three territorial. Earliest is 1885.

Early Gallatin (earliest in Shellen & Dunn was 1879). But the treasure of this territorial cover is where it is addressed to. Addressed to Paul ...

This is a great piece. Nice Gardiner strike. None are listed in Shellen & Dunn. Corner advertising for the City Restaurant, George Welcome propr...

Manuscript cancel. From Mrs. E. Ames. City: Grant State: Montana Date: 1901 ID: 37048

R-3: Havre & Anaconda. R-2's include Havre & Spokane and Havre & Butte. Also St. Paul & Havre. One R-3, sixteen R-2's, and f...

Upper 2/3's of cancel is very strong. Target killer. Only a total of two Hecla cancels listed in Shellen & Dunn. November 1, 1886. Date conf...

14 total. 5 territorial. All somehow different. Includes 1860's Montano and Mont'o versions of misspelling. One has a First National Bank of...

Nice presentation. Repaired at back. Type 7 cover. City: Helena State: Montana Date: c1879 ID: 36801

Nice piece. Traditional Wells Fargo round cancel. Boyd's Dispatch would deliver the letter to Eagleton at 279 Fourth Avenue in New York City. Al...

Very nice Helena postal history. Strike is light, but very readable. Letter says, "Times are now quiet in this country then they have been for ...

Number 1 cancel in Shellen & Dunn. Manuscript date Dec. 5. Fancy cover to Mary A Larabie of Omro, Wisconsin. You have to see the photograph to a...

Five different cancels: pinwheel, target, two different 'X' and cork. City: Helena State: Montana Date: 1860's ID: 37063

Large '3' stamped on envelope. Additional postage? Misspelled 'Montana.' Date identified in pencil on back of envelope. City: Helen...