Montana "Big Sky 2" Auction

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Early Second Period Grant, Beaverhead Cover with Contents1040 - Early Second Period Grant, Beaverhead Cover with Contents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Manuscript cancel. From Mrs. E. Ames. City: Grant State: Montana Date: 1901 ID: 37048
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to p*********3 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Railroad Covers with Havre1041 - Railroad Covers with Havre
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to R*****6 for (30.00 + 6.00BP) = 36.00
 
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Rare Hecla, Beaverhead Territorial Cover1042 - Rare Hecla, Beaverhead Territorial Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to h*******c for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Helena (Lewis and Clark) Town Collection1043 - Helena (Lewis and Clark) Town Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
14 total. 5 territorial. All somehow different. Includes 1860's Montano and Mont'o versions of misspelling. One has a First National Bank of...
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Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
Sold to h*******c for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Helena Herald Territorial Cover1044 - Helena Herald Territorial Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice presentation. Repaired at back. Type 7 cover. City: Helena State: Montana Date: c1879 ID: 36801
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Estimate : 50.00 - 77.00
Sold to j*******9 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Helena Wells Fargo Cover with a Boyd's Dispatch Stamp1045 - Helena Wells Fargo Cover with a Boyd's Dispatch Stamp
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Helena, Lewis & Clark 1873 Cancel with Letter1046 - Helena, Lewis & Clark 1873 Cancel with Letter
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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 ...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to t****y for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Helena, Lewis and Clark #1 on Fancy Cover1047 - Helena, Lewis and Clark #1 on Fancy Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to h*******c for (55.00 + 11.00BP) = 66.00
 
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Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montano Cover Collection1048 - Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montano Cover Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five different cancels: pinwheel, target, two different 'X' and cork. City: Helena State: Montana Date: 1860's ID: 37063
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R*****6 for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Interesting Helena, Montano cover1049 - Interesting Helena, Montano cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large '3' stamped on envelope. Additional postage? Misspelled 'Montana.' Date identified in pencil on back of envelope. City: Helen...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to R*****6 for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Railroad Covers with Helena1050 - Railroad Covers with Helena
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Total of ten. Three R-3's include Helena & Spok and St. Paul & Helena. City: Helena State: Montana Date: 1900s-1930s ID: 36554
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to J***M for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Two Interesting Helena Territorial Covers1051 - Two Interesting Helena Territorial Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) November 7, 1865 cancel cut off at top. One of earliest known Helena cancels - the earliest is November 4. Handwritten day and month. 2) 1885 cover
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to G**********r for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Very Early Helena, Lewis & Clark Territorial Cover with Letter1052 - Very Early Helena, Lewis & Clark Territorial Cover with Letter
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mailed within first year of post office operation. Straightline 'Feb 8' month and day within inner circle. Long letter. "...make a fort...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t****y for (160.00 + 36.80BP) = 196.80
 
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Very Interesting Helena, Montano Territorial Corner Cover from US Marshall Neil Howie1053 - Very Interesting Helena, Montano Territorial Corner Cover from US Marshall Neil Howie
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This cover has a lot going to it. From the US Marshall. Documenting bankruptcy notice for Parsons(?). Originally sent to Jefferson Bridge (post office
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to t****y for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Remainder of the Helena, Lewis and Clark Territorial Covers1054 - Remainder of the Helena, Lewis and Clark Territorial Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twenty-one. All have notes on back. About half are hand written with information. One is from the Territorial Auditor announcing that he will s
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Estimate : 210.00 - 400.00
Sold to d******c for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Helmville, Powell, Manuscript Territorial Cover1055 - Helmville, Powell, Manuscript Territorial Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
October 15, 1879. Reduced at right. Only seven total in Shellen & Dunn census. City: Helmville State: Montana Date: 1879 ID: 36759
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to p*********3 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Home Park Territorial Manuscript Cover1056 - Home Park Territorial Manuscript Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Only one Home Park listed in Shellen & Dunn. This is earlier. City: Home Park State: Montana Date: 1889 ID: 37133
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to h*******c for (30.00 + 6.00BP) = 36.00
 
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Home Park, Madison Territorial Manuscript Cover1057 - Home Park, Madison Territorial Manuscript Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Only one total listed in Shellen & Dunn. City: Home Park State: Montana Date: 1889 ID: 37209
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to G**********r for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Rare Home Park Territorial Cover1058 - Rare Home Park Territorial Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Manuscript 9/4/89 cancel. Only one total in Shellen & Dunn census. City: Home Park State: Montana Date: 1889 ID: 36771
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to e*****r for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Rare Howard, Rosebud Territorial Cover1059 - Rare Howard, Rosebud Territorial Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Only one listed in the Shellen & Dunn census. This is a December 20, 1885 double circle, double ring with a Maltese cross killer. On a postal ca...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to p*********3 for (140.00 + 32.20BP) = 172.20
 
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