Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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Montana 'Big Sky' and Holiday Auction is a four day feast for the collector. This sale begins with a one day Montana only auction focusing on tokens and postal history. The next three days run the wide range of a traditional Holabird Auction: minerals, numismatics, Native Americana, railroadianna, mining, photographs, stock certificates, express, saloon, exposition, assay, tokens, badges, Gold Rush, etc. Heavy emphasis is placed on Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Western States.
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Midwestern U.S. RN Revenue Check Collection (22)3482 - Midwestern U.S. RN Revenue Check Collection (22)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twenty-two revenue imprinted checks from Illinois (11), Indiana (7), Kansas (2), and South Carolina (2 unused). Includes pictorial checks from Brazil
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to m*****1 for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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California, Iowa, and Ohio RN Revenue Checks (12)3483 - California, Iowa, and Ohio RN Revenue Checks (12)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve revenue imprinted checks. 1) Three from Ohio: Chase, Isherwood & Co. pictorial check with RN-C, 1870; FNB of London, Ohio, RN-G, 1...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i****2 for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Western Revenue Check Collection (Arizona, Nevada, and Washington)3484 - Western Revenue Check Collection (Arizona, Nevada, and Washington)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. 1) Three checks from Tombstone, Arizona. One Pima County Bank, RN-G, 1881. Two Cochise County Bank, 1885 & 1887. 2) Four pictorial ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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Western RN Revenue Check Collection (incl. Adolph Sutro & Ben Holladay Signatures)3485 - Western RN Revenue Check Collection (incl. Adolph Sutro & Ben Holladay Signatures)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15 checks, all but one RN. Some nice Western rarities including: Wells Fargo & Co. Silver City, Idaho (RN-C, 1872); Oregon and California...
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Estimate : 220.00 - 300.00
Sold to m*****1 for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Western RN Revenue Check Collection 2 (incl. Ben Holladay Signature)3486 - Western RN Revenue Check Collection 2 (incl. Ben Holladay Signature)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve checks. Best are: Oregon and California Railroad Company signed by Ben Holladay ("Stagecoach King"" (RN-B, 1870), and W...
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Estimate : 220.00 - 350.00
Sold to R******d for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Foreign Checks & Exchanges with Revenue Stamps3487 - Foreign Checks & Exchanges with Revenue Stamps
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Lot of 53. Most have printed revenue, some adhesive. Pieces from England, Canada, New Zealand, and Costa Rica. Most are 1930s-1940s, with some early 1
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Cover with Provisional Government Overprint (One Cent)3488 - Cover with Provisional Government Overprint (One Cent)
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Unused cover (white inside and out) with green 1 cent 1884 printed stamp with red overprint "Provisional Government: 1898. Clean. (Prag Collec...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Hart & Company Stock Certificate with Hawaiian Revenue Stamp (Candy & Ice Cream)3489 - Hart & Company Stock Certificate with Hawaiian Revenue Stamp (Candy & Ice Cream)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. under the laws of the republic of Hawaii. Issued in Honolulu, April 17, 1900 for 20 shares. Signed by the president (Steiner) and secretary (Rams
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 750.00
 
 
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Four Different Federal Revenue Uses for Same Railroad3490 - Four Different Federal Revenue Uses for Same Railroad
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Lot of four stock certificates for the Old Colony and Newport Railway Company. Two different style stocks. All have federal adhesive revenue stamps wi
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Revenue Imprinted Bond for Holly, Wayne & Monroe Railway3491 - Revenue Imprinted Bond for Holly, Wayne & Monroe Railway
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Very attractive issued $1,000 bond with vignette of locomotive moving through countryside. Brown border, green background. Punch cancelled through cor
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Masonic and Odd Fellows' Hall Association Stock Certificate w/ revenue stamps3492 - Masonic and Odd Fellows' Hall Association Stock Certificate w/ revenue stamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 14. Dateline Austin, Lander County, Dec. 24th, 1867 (Christmas Eve!). W.H. Clark is being issued 4 shares. Signed by D.W. Heely (president) and J.
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Revenue Imprinted Customs Documents3493 - Revenue Imprinted Customs Documents
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A pair of Entry of Merchandise documents for the Custom House in New York, Alexander T. Stewart & Co. Both have RN-W2 revenue imprints. One docu...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Revenue Imprinted Documents3494 - Revenue Imprinted Documents
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Lot of 2. 1) 1870 custom house Entry of Merchandise form with RN-W2. Document is in many pieces. 2) Uncancelled $1,000 bond for The Boston Hartford an
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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International Railroad Company Stock Certificate with Revenue Imprint and Texas Checks3495 - International Railroad Company Stock Certificate with Revenue Imprint and Texas Checks
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Inc. in Texas. Certificate No. 27, issued for 10 shares Nov. 1871. RN-U1 revenue imprint. Certificate is pen and punch cancelled. Vignette of two cowb
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R******d for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Stock Certificates with Small Adhesive Revenue Stamps3496 - Stock Certificates with Small Adhesive Revenue Stamps
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Lot of three. 1) Somerville Horse Railroad Company stock certificate issued 1871 with two blue 10 cent and one orange 5 cent adhesive revenue stamps.
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to m*****1 for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Four Different Revenue Stamp Usages on Stock Certificates3497 - Four Different Revenue Stamp Usages on Stock Certificates
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Four attractive and early stock certificates with different placements of adhesive revenue stamps. Includes: East Boston Dry Dock Company (1855, ship
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Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
 
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Four Different Stocks w/ Same Adhesive Revenues3498 - Four Different Stocks w/ Same Adhesive Revenues
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All four of these stocks have 25 cent adhesive revenue stamps. Includes: Quincy Mining Company of Michigan (1863, pen cancelled, pictorial); Germantow
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to i*********1 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Michigan and Ohio RN Revenue Railroad Stock and Bond3499 - Michigan and Ohio RN Revenue Railroad Stock and Bond
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Lot of two. 1) Gorgeous $1,000 bond for Flint and Pere-Marquette Railway Company issued in 1868, punch cancelled through signatures. Three revenue imp
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to m*****1 for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Massachusetts & Ohio RN Revenue Railroad Stock and Bond3500 - Massachusetts & Ohio RN Revenue Railroad Stock and Bond
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Lot of two. 1) $1,000 bond for The Boston, Hartford and Erie Rail Road Company, c. 1860s. Three revenue imprints: W2 (center) with P5 on either side.
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Two Other Revenue Imprinted Railroad Bonds3501 - Two Other Revenue Imprinted Railroad Bonds
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1) Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company $1,000 bond. Punch cancelled. Three revenue imprints: W2 (left), P5 (front right), and P5 (reverse). 2) Bo
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Two Revenue Imprinted Railroad Bonds3502 - Two Revenue Imprinted Railroad Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) The Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad Co.. $100. Stamp cancelled. One punch hole. Four RN P5. Two locomotive vignettes. No coupons. Fold
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m*****1 for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Pair of RN Revenue Railroad Bonds and Stocks3503 - Pair of RN Revenue Railroad Bonds and Stocks
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1) South Carolina Railroad Company, $500 bond. RN U1 (obverse), RN Q1 (reverse). Punch cancelled many times. Four vignettes. Thirty-nine coupons attac
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m*****1 for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Railroad Stock Certificates with Revenue Stamps3504 - Railroad Stock Certificates with Revenue Stamps
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Seven different railroad stock certificates, all with adhesive revenue stamps. Includes: Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (1871, 25c red), B...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Revenue Imprinted Railroad Stocks and Bond3505 - Revenue Imprinted Railroad Stocks and Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three. 1) $1,000 bond for The Boston, Hartford and Erie Rail Road Company, c. 1860s. Three revenue imprints: W2 (center) with P5 on either side
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Start Price : 110.00 | Estimate : 220.00 - 300.00
 
 
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RN Facsimile Stock Certificates3506 - RN Facsimile Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Gorgeous certificate for the South Side Milling & Mining Co. of Colorado, issued for 2,000 shares in Leadville in 1882. Not cancell...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Miscellaneous Documents with Revenue Stamps & Imprints3507 - Miscellaneous Documents with Revenue Stamps & Imprints
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 16 stocks and checks. Checks: ten Eastern checks with general adhesive revenue stamps (1865-1882). Stocks: eleven, including: Southern Railway
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to c****n for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Philatelic & Financial Ephemera3508 - Philatelic & Financial Ephemera
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Large grab bag lot that contains stamps, checks, certificates of deposit, play currency, and covers. Earliest piece is 1853 Ilion Bank pictorial draft
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******0 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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US Airmail Stamps, Full Sheets3508a - US Airmail Stamps, Full Sheets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of 50 full sheets of US airmail stamps. Unhinged. Unfolded. C25 (4), c28, c32 (3), C33? (4), c38 (2), c39, c40 (6), c42 (2), c43, c44, c45
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to e*****r for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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US Commemorative Stamp Full Sheet Collection3508b - US Commemorative Stamp Full Sheet Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scott numbers 1269-1273, 1275, 1276, 1279 (8), 1282-1285, all full sheets, no hinges, no folds. 19 sheets. HWAC #36141
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Estimate : 190.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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US Commemorative Full Sheet Collection3508c - US Commemorative Full Sheet Collection
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14 full sheets. 1112, 1113, 1114 (3), 1116, 1115, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1151. No hinges, no folds. HWAC # 36142
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Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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US Commemorative Stamps Full Sheets3508d - US Commemorative Stamps Full Sheets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
14 full sheets, no hinges, no folds. Scott 1092-1095, 1097-1099, 1103-1109. one sheet each. HWAC# 36143
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Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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US Commemorative Stamp Sheets3508e - US Commemorative Stamp Sheets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of 49 full sheets. Scott numbers 1178-1186, 1187 (2), 1188-1199, 1200-1203, 1204 (3), 1205-1209, 1230-1236, 1237 (2), 1238, 1239, 1241 (3).
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to d******0 for (225.00 + 51.75BP) = 276.75
 
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US Commemorative Stamp Full Sheets3508f - US Commemorative Stamp Full Sheets
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21 full sheets. Scott numbers 1306-1309, 1310 (2), 1312-1322, 1344, 1365-8, 1384, 1386. no folds, hinges. HWAC# 36145
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Estimate : 220.00 - 400.00
Sold to p******y for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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US Commemorative Stamps Full Sheets3508g - US Commemorative Stamps Full Sheets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
26 sheets, no hinges or folds. 1242 (2), 1243 (2), 1244-1268. HWAC# 36146
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Estimate : 260.00 - 450.00
Sold to p******y for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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16 Full Sheets of US Commemorative Stamps3508h - 16 Full Sheets of US Commemorative Stamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scott numbers 1061-1063, 1066 (2), 1067-1071, 1073, 1074, 1076-1079. HWAC# 36147
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Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
Sold to e*****r for (55.00 + 11.00BP) = 66.00
 
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13 Different Sheets of US Commemorative Stamps3508i - 13 Different Sheets of US Commemorative Stamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scott numbers 1080-1091, 1096. no folds, no hinges. HWAC# 36148
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Estimate : 130.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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19 Sheets US Commemorative Stamps3508j - 19 Sheets US Commemorative Stamps
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1128-1130, 1131 (2), 1132-1135, 1139, 1140 (2), 1141 (2), 1142, 1143 (2), 1144 (2). No folds or hinges. HWAC# 36149
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Estimate : 190.00 - 250.00
Sold to p******y for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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US Commemorative Sheets Collection3508k - US Commemorative Sheets Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
28 full sheets and about eight partial sheets. Full sheets: 1145, 1146 (2), 1149-1153, 1154 (2), 1155, 1156, 1157 (2), 1158, 1161-1164, 1167, 1170-117
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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US Commemorative and Regular Issue Sheets3508l - US Commemorative and Regular Issue Sheets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Diverse group of sheets and partial sheets. includes 3c, 4c, 5c, 8c stamp sheets, 1.25c, 1.5c, 2.5c and others. Thirty full sheets plus a number of pa
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Foreign Stamp Collection3508m - Foreign Stamp Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very nice, diverse collection. Includes a number of mint foreign commemoratives, a number of souvenir sheets, overprints, special issues, Some contai
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d******0 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Alabama Great Southern Railroad Passes (21)3509 - Alabama Great Southern Railroad Passes (21)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 21. Fourteen different year passes plus 7 duplicates. 1881, 1901, 1907, 1909, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1937, and 1938. D
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Estimate : 80.00 - 320.00
Sold to j*********t for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Frisco Lines Passes (10)3510 - Frisco Lines Passes (10)
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Ten different passes: 1902, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1924, 1930, 1935-36, 1937, 1943, and 1961-62-63-64-65. Prag Collection City: San Francisco State: Ca
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Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******0 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Canadian Railroad Passes (8)3511 - Canadian Railroad Passes (8)
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Eight passes, two companies, from Canada: Grand Trunk Railway (1902 and 1922) and Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Co. (1933, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1944, and
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Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
Sold to y********t for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Passes from Three Different Atlanta Railroads (4)3512 - Passes from Three Different Atlanta Railroads (4)
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Lot of 4 passes. Atlanta & Charlotte Air-line R'y: 1879. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway: 1917. Atlanta & West Point Rail Road: 19...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (95.00 + 19.00BP) = 114.00
 
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Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Co. Passes (7)3513 - Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Co. Passes (7)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven different passes: 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, and 1930. Prag Collection City: State: Georgia Date: hwac# 21856
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Estimate : 50.00 - 180.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Central of Georgia Railway Company Passes (20)3514 - Central of Georgia Railway Company Passes (20)
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Lot of twenty passes: 1902, 1907, 1909, 1914, 1915, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926,1927, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1942-43 (3), 1944-45, 1946-47 (2), and 1953-54. Pra
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
 
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Georgia & Florida Railroad Passes from Three Companies3515 - Georgia & Florida Railroad Passes from Three Companies
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Eighteen total passes: Georgia & Florida Railway (1918, 1922-1932); Seaboard Air Line Railway (1913-1917); and Valdosta, Moultrie & Western ...
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Estimate : 130.00 - 400.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
 
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Chicago & Alton Railroad Co. Passes (8)3516 - Chicago & Alton Railroad Co. Passes (8)
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Eight different passes: 1909, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1927, and 1928. Prag Collection City: State: Illinois Date: hwac# 23241
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
 
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Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Passes (9)3517 - Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Passes (9)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nine different passes, including early ones: 1897, 1898, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1928, and 1940-41. Prag Collection City: State: Illinois
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Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
Sold to j*********t for (65.00 + 13.00BP) = 78.00
 
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passes (37)3518 - Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passes (37)
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Lot of 37 passes. Thirty different years covered! 1875, 1876,1889 (2),1890, 1892, 1897, 1900, 1907, 1909, 1910,1912,1913, 1914,1918,1922,1923, 1928, 1
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Estimate : 150.00 - 600.00
Sold to t******2 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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