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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Southern California Revenue Checks3479 - Southern California Revenue Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven different Southern California checks, six with RN. Includes: pictorial Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co. (Randsburg, 1901, RN-X), Caswell ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c*********p for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Central California RN Checks (incl. La Porte)3480 - Central California RN Checks (incl. La Porte)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve, nine different. La Porte: California Trust Co., Bank of La Porte with RN-E (1874) to Chinese person; three pictorial Bank of La Porte w
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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Eastern U.S. RN Revenue Check Collection (24)3481 - Eastern U.S. RN Revenue Check Collection (24)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 24 checks with great variety of revenue imprints. Includes: eleven Pennsylvania (1869-1882, RN-B, D, G, and H); seven Massachusetts (1870-1901,
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to i*********1 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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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)
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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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
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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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