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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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
Bidding Has Concluded
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
Bidding Has Concluded
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
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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)
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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
Bidding Has Concluded
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
Bidding Has Concluded
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)
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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
Bidding Has Concluded
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
Bidding Has Concluded
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)
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Nine different passes, including early ones: 1897, 1898, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1928, and 1940-41. Prag Collection City: State: Illinois
Bidding Has Concluded
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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 600.00
Sold to t******2 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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Illinois Central Railroad Passes (83)3519 - Illinois Central Railroad Passes (83)
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Eighty-three passes!! Earliest pass is from 1855 with seven more in the 1880s-1890s. The rest spread from 1909-1960 (with missing years). Prag Collect
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 800.00
Sold to t******2 for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Passes (27)3520 - Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Passes (27)
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Twenty-seven passes spanning from 1904 to 1970 with missing years but no duplicates. Prag Collecion City: State: Kansas Date: hwac# 23224
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to j*********t for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway System Passes (48)3521 - Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway System Passes (48)
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Lot of 48 passes: 1924 (2), 1925 (2), 1926 (2), 1927, 1928 (3), 1929 (3), 1930 (4), 1931 (2), 1932 (2), 1933 (2), 1934 (4), 1935 (3), 1936, 1937 (3),
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to d******0 for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
 
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes Duplicates (44)3522 - Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes Duplicates (44)
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Forty-four passes with duplicates. Span 1920-1957 with years missing from sequence. Prag Collection City: State: Kentucky Date: hwac# 22304
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to y********t for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes (33)3523 - Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes (33)
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Thirty-three passes that span from 1912-1957. Years missing in the sequence. Prag Collection City: State: Kentucky Date: hwac# 22303
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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New Orleans Railroad Passes from Four Companies (12)3524 - New Orleans Railroad Passes from Four Companies (12)
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Twelve passes from four companies: New Orleans and Mobile Railroad (1877 and 1880); New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Co. (1915); New Orleans &...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******e for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Ferrocarril Inter-California Passes (24)3525 - Ferrocarril Inter-California Passes (24)
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Twenty-four passes, including an 1889 Ferrocarril Internacional Mexicano pass. 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 (2), 1932 (2), 1933 (2), 1934
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 250.00
Sold to j*********t for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Passes (3)3526 - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Passes (3)
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Three passes: 1912, 1914, and 1915. Prag Collection City: State: Michigan Date: hwac# 23273
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 120.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.45BP) = 18.45
 
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Michigan Railroad Passes from Three Different Companies3527 - Michigan Railroad Passes from Three Different Companies
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Lot of 5 passes total. The Kanawha & Michigan Railway Co. pass from 1912; Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette and Marquette & Western Railroad...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to j*********t for (45.00 + 9.00BP) = 54.00
 
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway Co. Passes (5)3528 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway Co. Passes (5)
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Five passes: 1914, 1917 (2), 1918, and 1935-36. Prag Collection City: State: Michigan Date: hwac# 23249
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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Michigan Central Railroad Passes (9)3529 - Michigan Central Railroad Passes (9)
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Nine different passes: 1889, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1907, 1912, 1913, and 1917. Prag Collection City: State: Michigan Date: hwac# 22306
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Passes (31)3530 - Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Passes (31)
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Thirty-one passes with duplicates: 1905, 1908-1924, 1926-1931, 1937-1940,1949-1952. Prag Collection City: State: Minnesota Date: hwac# 22309
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 600.00
Sold to j*********t for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Co. 1914 Pass3531 - Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Co. 1914 Pass
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B1013 issued to Mr. M. F. Van Horn, district passenger agent for the lines West of Pittsburgh. The pass was good for the 1914 year. The ink is smudged
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to e*****r for (65.00 + 13.00BP) = 78.00
 
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1924 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass3532 - 1924 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass
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Pass no. B 64 issued to Mr. M. F. Van Horn, District Passenger Rep. for the Pennsylvania System. It has some wear including marks and three round hole
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to y********t for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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1927 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass3533 - 1927 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass
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Pass no. B 548 issued to Mr. J. H. R. Parsons, Retired Pasgr. Tfc. Mgr., Southern Pacific Co. The piece has very little wear. City: Tonopah Stat
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to y********t for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Lackawanna Railroad Passes (15)3534 - Lackawanna Railroad Passes (15)
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Fifteen with only one duplicate year: 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935 (2 diff.), 1937, 1939, 1940, and 1958-59. Prag Collec
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (25)3535 - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (25)
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Twenty five passes for the following years: 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1920-1925, and 1927-1951. Multiple colors. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.45BP) = 18.45
 
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (18)3536 - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (18)
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Eighteen passes including duplicates: 1914 (5 w/ 3 diff. colors), 1916 (2), 1918 (3), 1920, 1922 (2), 1923, 1924 (2), 1928, and 1929. Prag Collection
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.45BP) = 18.45
 
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (37)3537 - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (37)
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Lot of 37 passes, including many duplicates, for dates spanning from 1930 to 1942. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Date: hwac# 23256
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Passes (19)3538 - Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Passes (19)
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Nineteen passes with some duplicate years: 1911 (2), 1912 (3), 1913 (3), 1914 (6), 1915 (2), and 1917 (3). Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Da
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to j*********t for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (22)3539 - Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (22)
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Twenty-two passes: 1902, 1903, 1907, 1913, 1920-1929, 1931,1932 (2), 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1938. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Date:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. Passes (37)3540 - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. Passes (37)
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Thirty-seven passes total: 24 different, 13 duplicates. 1894, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, and 1922-1934. Prag Co
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (40)3541 - Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (40)
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Forty passes! Span 1920-1937 with some duplicates and years missing. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Date: hwac# 23264
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Oregon & California Railroad Pass, 18803542 - Oregon & California Railroad Pass, 1880
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 279 issued to George J. Ainsworth Esq. 4 x 2 1/2". City: State: Oregon Date: 1880 hwac# 35118
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******8 for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Clinchfield Railroad Passes (15)3543 - Clinchfield Railroad Passes (15)
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Lot of 15 passes: 1925 (2 different), 1927 (2), 1928 (2 different), 1929 (1), 1930 (1), 1931 (2 different), 1932 (1), 1934-35 (1), 1936-37 (1), 1940-4
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Estimate : 70.00 - 260.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Texas Railroad Passes from Four Lines (12)3544 - Texas Railroad Passes from Four Lines (12)
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Twelve passes total from four companies: Texas Midland Railroad (1912); Texas Mexican Railway Co. (1913 and 1918); Sunset (and Sunset Central) Lines (
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 250.00
Sold to j*********t for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Texas and Pacific Railway Co. Passes (52)3545 - Texas and Pacific Railway Co. Passes (52)
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Fifty-two passes including duplicate years: 1910, 1913 (2), 1914 (3), 1916 (3), 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925 (3), 1926, 1927, 1928 (2), 1929 (2)
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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Norfolk & Western Railway Passes (71)3546 - Norfolk & Western Railway Passes (71)
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Seventy-one passes! Spans 1914-1967 with duplicates and missing years. Prag Collection City: State: Virginia Date: hwac# 22315
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 600.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (180.00 + 36.00BP) = 216.00
 
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Northern Pacific Railway Passes (49)3547 - Northern Pacific Railway Passes (49)
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Forty-nine passes, spanning 1916-1955, with duplicates and missing years. Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 22317
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Gulf Railroad Passes from Two Companies (14)3548 - Gulf Railroad Passes from Two Companies (14)
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Fourteen passes from two different Gulf companies. Gulf Coast Lines: 1916, 1918, 1923 (2), 1928, and 1929. From Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co.: 1
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes 1920s-40s3549 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes 1920s-40s
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The balance lot of Western Union passes: 1922 (collect and regular), 1927 (collect), 1928 (2), 1929, 1932 (2), 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1946 (2),
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (28)3550 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (28)
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Lot of 28 passes. 1920-1949, with only 1943 missing! Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 23237
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (10)3551 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (10)
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Lot of ten passes. Complete set: 1910-1919. Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 23235
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (15)3552 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (15)
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Lot of 15 passes including duplicates: 1900, 1901 (2), 1902, 1904 (3), 1906, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1916 (2), 1917, and 1918. Union Pacific, Great Northern
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to y********t for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. 1/2 Rate Passes (11)3553 - Western Union Telegraph Co. 1/2 Rate Passes (11)
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Lot of 11: 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914. Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 2323
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 400.00
Sold to y********t for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (11)3554 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (11)
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Lot of 11. 1898, and then 1900-1909. For Great Northern Railway, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., and Penn. Lines. Prag Collection City: S...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Order of Railroad Telegraphers Membership Cards (103)3555 - Order of Railroad Telegraphers Membership Cards (103)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
103 pieces!!! Eighty-nine membership cards: span 1905-1966, with duplicates and missing years. Two Representatives Certificates (1900 and 1901). Nine
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to D*B for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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