Rush to the Rockies Auction (August 2022)

3 Western biographies. Many Strange Characters by Schultz. Buffalo Prairies and Buffalo Men by Fontaine. The Outlaws by Horan. Date: Country (if no

Pacific Reporter, 104 PAC. Law book covering Western and a few Central states. 1268pp with index. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pr

4 hardcover Western Literature books. Cow By The Tail by Benton. The Shadow on the Mesa by Gregory. Trader Horn by Horn & Lewis. The Mysterious ...

4 hardcovers. The U.P. Trail. with attractive binding. Betty Zane with jacket. The Heritage of the Desert. The Short Stop with attractive binding. Da

Rare copy of Zigzag Journeys in the Occident, The Atlantic to the Pacific. A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club from Boston to the Golden Gate. By Hezekia

October 28, 1928. Stamped First Flight Air Mail, via Graf Zeppelin, United States to Germany. Stamps cancelled in New York, Wall Street. Includes a 10

Lot of 27 balloon racing covers that include: Poland; Jupiter Balloon 100th Anniversary First Day of Issue Air Mail Flight August 17, 1959; more First

More than 60 first flight contract air mail service covers for routes from Los Angeles to Seattle in 1926, some by way of Portland and Medford, Oregon

Lot of 200+. Sept.First Day : California Commemorative Covers: spans 1848 to present; First Day and First Flight Covers: A California Collection of ma

More than 50 covers celebrating airport dedications up and down the state of California from 1929 through 1962. Starting in 1929, identifying caches a

Lot of 11. Included: nice fully illustrated Palo Alto cover, 1911; 1914 cartoon political postcard; 1874 Santa Clara Flour Mills billhead; 1878 San Fr

Lot of 12, incl. covers and postal cards. Corner advertising covers include: two pictorial for Hotel Vendome, San Jose, 1892 and 1904; DJ Talbot, Unde

Lot of 11 mostly California canceled covers commemorating special events such as the Union Station Celebration in Los Angeles, 1939. One is from Las V

About 40 total pieces. Registered Packages, c. 1880's-Golden Gate, Oakdale, Jackson, Sacramento. Applications for money order-Clipper Gap 1901. ...

Lot of 7. Six different towns. 1) Petersburg. Two covers, 1887 and 1889, different cancels, both with target killers. 2) Littleton. Cover with 1880 do

Corner ad cover for the Boston & Colorado Smelting Company of Argo, Colorado. Argo 1893 double ring postmark on envelope with Columbian 2 cent i...

Lot of 12. No contents. 1) Higbee: manuscript cancel, 1877, to Belgium. Hand cancelled 5 cent stamp. 2) Holly: 1902 cover. 3) Rockyford. Four pieces:

Lot of 16. 1) Lefthand cover with letter. December 1879. Letter has general news and mentions the powerful wind, including a stagecoach accident where

Lot of 17. 1) St. Elmo. Five pieces. Includes: Niagara Silver Mining & Smelting Co. corner ad cover, 1882; Clifton Hotel corner ad cover, 1880s;...

Lot of 13. 1) Idaho Springs. Seven covers. Includes: 1869 cover addressed to Idaho Springs, Colorado Territory; 1876 cover with letterhead for Geo. L.

Lot of 7. 1) Del Norte. Four pieces: corner cover for United States Land Office; corner cover for Chas. H. Toll, Attorney, 1878; corner ad cover for L

Lot of 10. 1) Rosita. 1880 cover with octagonal town strike; and corner cover for Pennsylvania Reduction Co. with 1877 square cancel. 2) Westcliffe. S

Spectacular mining cover! Large (4.5 x 8.5") envelope with two great vignettes: cross-section of mountains with locomotive running through tunn...

Lot of 7. Includes: Hugo (possibly territorial); Larkspur (1888); Kiowa (1889); Greenland (1870s); Greenland (1884); JW Farrell, Attorney, corner ad c

Lot of 16. Most are corner ad covers. No contents. Includes: Depart of the Interior Land Office cc, 1884; San Juan Hardware Co. cc, 1898; San Juan &...

Lot of 4. 1) Minturn. Corner cover for M.B. Haas, 1899, with blue illustrated advertising collar (Stonewall / Minturn Colorado / The Leader), Denver...

Lot of 24 for these adjacent counties. 1) Cascade. Two covers, 1888 and 1889. 2) Manitou. Group includes: corner ad cover for Manitou House, 1874; two

Lot of 2. 1) Corner cover for Union Pacific Railway, Denver & Smoky Hill Divisions, Wallace, Kansas, sent to Silverton, Colorado with Hugo, Eber...

Clear Creek County. Postmark used from 1861-1886, at which point the name shortened to Empire. "Empire City, C.T." postmark on cover sent ...

Lot of 3. Town is right outside of Rocky Mountain National Park. 1) Corner ad cover for Elkhorn Lodge, WE James. 1890. "Carriages and Horses fo...

Park County. Cover sent to Mary Lowe in Auburn, New York. Manuscript cancel, "Fairplay, Col. Tery, Nov. 27th, 1865." 3 cent stamp with han...

Small cover with letter. Dateline Fort Collins, C.T., July 18th, 1868. Sent to Lewis Burns in Illinois. Message is looking for advice on collecting se

Weld County, 1866-1869, then PO moved to Julesburg. Cover sent to John Kurtz in Boston. Weak strike. Target killer on 3 cent Washington stamp. U.S. mi

Lot of 8. Includes: Greenwood, Colo. cancel on cover; Grape (1883-1887) cancel on cover to Forks Creek, CO, 1885; Texas Creek cancel on Atchison, Tope

Lot of 9. 1) Glenwood Springs. Five pieces: pictorial cc for Hotel Glenwood, 1894; cc for JG Pease, Clerk of District Court; cc for JS Frits, County A

Corner ad cover for FF Struby & Co., Forwarding & Commission Merchants, Garland, Colorado. Sent to the First National Bank in Lake City, CO....

Lot of 13. No contents. Many corner advertising. Includes: American House cc; Sayr & Parmelee cc, 1872; Phelps House cc; JJ Harvat cc; HO Walker...

Lot of 2. 1) Rollinsville territorial cover with manuscript cancel on double rate stamped envelope sent to Denver. PO started in 1871. Rare. 2) Corner

Jefferson County, PO operated 1860-1876, at which point name shortened to Golden. Cover sent to Mary Rockwell in West Cornwall, Vermont. Golden City,

Fantastic corner ad cover for Chick, Browne & Co., Wholesale Grocers and Commission Merchants in Granada, Colorado, along the AT& Santa Fe R...

Lot of 8. 1) Grand Lake. Two covers: 1906 cancel on Georgetown cc; and 1883 cover. Right outside of RMNP. 2) Rand, North Park, Colo. 1884. At this poi

Lot of 8. Includes: color pictorial corner cover for Fred. Mantey, 1901; Little Book Cliff Railway Co. cc, 1892; ML Allison County Clerk cc, 1884; Hor

Lot of 9. No contents. 1) Greeley, C.T. manuscript cancel on cover to New York. 3 cent railroad stamp. 2) Two covers with red Greeley cancels incl. on

Lot of 8. Includes: Mullin House corner ad cover, West Gunnison; Gunnison Gas & Water Co. cc, 1896; Tabor House cc, Jos. Cuenin, 1880s; cover w...

Lot of 17. 1) Ruby City. Two 1882 corner ad covers for the Pioneer Stamp Mill. One has a 9pp. letter; handwriting is difficult, but first line mention

Lot of 14. 1) Golden. Six covers: O. Thorson cc, 1898 pictorial and 1904; Cambria Tile & Brick Co. cc, 1880s; DE Parks, Lawyer, cc, 1874, to Den...

Lot of 10. 1) Hesperus. Cover with 1894 blue oval postmark. 2) Hermosa. Two pieces. 1881 cover with manuscript Hermosa, Colo. postmark. Second cover s

Lot of 4. Lake City is located in Hinsdale County. 1) Corner ad cover for Garbutt, Abbott Bros. & Woodward, 1877. Blue oval. Hand cancel. 2) Lak...

Lot of 4. 1) Poncha Springs. Cover and letter, 1882. Oval postmark, faded. Letter is requesting butter and eggs. 2) Divide. (PO operated 1874-1885). 1

Lot of 6. Lamar is in Prowers County in the SE corner of the state. Includes: Wm. I. Craddock, Real Estate, cc, 1888; Mrs. Howard C. Rood, Land Attorn