Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

Great group of four pieces includes a letterhead datelined Cayuna, 1879; an 1853 Express Receipt from New York, an orange express label from Rockford,

Lot of nine. Premier pieces are two 1854 Adams & Co. deposits. San Francisco. Vignette of Express Company Building. Also unused 185- New York Ad...

1) First of Exchange, San Francisco 1871. U. S. revenue stamp. 2) 1863 Gold Hill, Nevada Territory Certificate of Deposit. 5c U. S. revenue stamp. D

Blue and white enameled metal sign for the Valley Express Co., 24 x 16 inches, some corrosion and wear on the back but the front is in very good condi

Lot of 21. Includes RARE Silver City, Idaho, RARE Sutro Signature, Rare Publisher's Stamp on 1890 North Bloomfield Well Fargo Bank check, RARE G...

Lot of 29. Includes seven stamps - Up-to-Date Way, Efficient Way, reliable Way, Old-fashioned Way, Responsible Way. Santa Claus of the 20 Century. Mon

Lot of eight. 1) 1862 Virginia Check from Empire Mill and Mining. 2-4) COD Envelopes. 1899 and 1917. Morgan Hill, California, Oklahoma Oklahoma and Ka

Five pieces from Wells Fargo includes two express labels, a check datelined San Francisco, 1863, a freight waybill and a photo negative of two Wells F

Lot of 11. Best might be an1870 letter from the Virginia City, Montana Office on Wells Fargo State and Express letterhead referencing a shipment of g

Lot of 21. Oldest are 1872 Silver City check, 187- san Francisco express receipt, 1876 Sacramento receipt. Mostly 1900's. Other locations inclu...

1) 1866 Sacramento to Salt Lake City. 2) 1860 blue Columbia to San Francisco Mint. Torn bottom right. 3) 1864 Sacramento to Placerville. 4) 1876 San F

Finely made reproduction hand painted sign for Wells, Fargo. 15 x 32" with hanging brads at the top. Used at a shop as decor in the southern M...

Lot of 14. Maintained in glass covered case. Very Rare (R750) collection of Zeppelin memorabilia. Top row: 1. Far left,Graf Zeppelin Tokyo to L

Eighty RPC and Mitchell style postcards showing scenes and landmarks in an around the town of Tulare, CA. Scenes shown include downtown views of Tul

This is a lot of post cards and letter cancellations with unique or unusual killer cancellation stamps. There is one letter from Japan addressed to M

Two covers from the Sierra County mining camp of Forest City, one manuscript (July 18, 1864) and one printed (Feb. 23, 1865). No contents. Date: 186

Two express labels. One from the United States Express Company and the other from Union Pacific Railroad Co's Express. Date: Country (if not...

Collection of about 125; some 1925-1929, most 1930s. First flight covers: 1930's Set of about 50 Chamber of Commerce First Night Flight LA -NY C...

Lot of eleven First Day Covers autographed by famous politicians: Hubert Humphrey (when he was senator), Ted Kennedy, Francis Sargent (Gov. of Mass.),

Placerville WF cover, cut tight right into far edge of imprinted US postage. Placerville, the center of the California Gold Rush and one of the first

This is a very clean cover out of Niagara, Dakota Territory. This is a superb piece with a nice two-cent brown (210) and a clean post mark and address

A VERY old cover with Salem postmark. Stamp is a 10 cent, Scott's style A12 style (Not A13) imperorate. the stamp appears to be hand cancelled, ...

Portugal, 1941; Malta, 1937; Cyprus, 1978; Vatican, 1920-1970; Greece, 1975; Italy, 1957-1990; Spain, 1945-1987; France, 1902-1992. Cote-Pazur, 1965;

Two unused postcards from the 1894 World's Fair. The Vienna and Zurich Expositions. In very good condition. Date: 1894 Country (if not USA...

World's Fair group features the Bruxelles Kermesse (2 different), Palais de L'Industrie, Pavillon Remy, Includes two by J. E.Goossens, Bruxe...

Nice set includes Gruss aus Berlin, Gruss aus Trier, Allgemeine Deutsche Sport, Ausstellung, Munchen, 1899, and Schutzengruss. Also, a nice nighttime

Beautiful art card published by M. Kimmelstiel & Cy. Hamburg. Large, shiny gold nugget being reached for by a man and a mermaid. VF. Date: C...

Great set of 13 postcards picturing European festivals. Most have the year 1900 printed in the artwork. These are classic period artcards from the per

Four, early 1896 postcards from exhibitions in Berlin and Geneva and an additional card from Budapest. Includes Gewerbe Ausstellung 1896, Berlin, and

Six art cards, mostly German, but including a swiss card showing a man waving the swiss flag by H.B. Wieland. Most in good condition except Frankfurt

Nice group of German art cards from 1905-1913. Most in very good condition. Very colorful group of postcards. View photos for closeup views. Date:

Ten cards in all. Interesting content includes one card with a man raising a dumbell in triumph, another card with a group of archers, and another tha

Five postcards depicting German industry from 1897. All have "Industrie u. Gewerbe" printed on them. Scenes from Leipzig and Hamburg. Four...

Very colorful art cards from 1898 from different German Festivals. Includes "Gruss vom Schutzenfest" with a large clown and animal menager...

Extremely early date postcard from 1893. Shield with the club logo. Fundatum 1893. Very good condition. Date: Country (if not USA): Germany State

Three early date Pioneer postcards from 1897 and 1898. Two from Ritter & Kloeden, Nurnberg from July, 1897 read, "Deutiches Bundesfehiefzen...

Card Titled, "Gruss vom Oberammergauer Passionsspiel". Nach Aufnahmen von 1890. Vonn Ottmar Ziemer Kunstanstalt, Muenchen, printed on the ...

View printed at Nurnberg, 1882. Blank and postally unusued with 5 Pfenning postage. Reads, "Bayr Landes=Industrie=Gewerbe= & Kunft=Husftell...

The first card has three large stamps from Nurnberg, 1906 affixed to the front. Ritter & Kloeden, Nurnberg. The second card pictures the Kaiser...

Ritter & Kloeden, Nurnberg, Gold Medal winner at Paris, 1891 and Silver Medal winner at Nurnberg, 1896 (printed on the back). Date: Country ...

Group of seven various postcards from 1901 includes Schutzenfest cards (3) along with Festkarte zum Bundesfest des Arbeiter Sangerbund Rheinland and a

Beautiful cards in very good condition overall. Many are the Official postcards with an oval stamp that reads, "Drvck & Verlag - Phillipp &...

The first card is fantastic, "Gruss Vom Sangerfest" with a group of men in tophats and tails singing. D. Kerrman, lithograph artist, Stutt...

Nice postcard of ballooning showing a man talking through a megaphone from the basket of the balloon above the river. The other card shows a blimp or

Joaquin Miller RPC's showing he and his family's Oakland, California home. Besides candid shots of Miller, there are also shots of his wife ...

Collection of 96 postcards, both RPC and Litho of colorful and black and white San Francisco scenes from the 1910s-1940s. Most are blank, with five be

Lot of 23 vintage scenic post cards from San Jose buildings and parks and waterfalls including the observatory on Mt. Hamilton. Also 40 postal covers

Two nice So. Cal. real photo postcards, includes: Hotel Azusa (existed in 1880s) in Azusa, Cal., L.A. County, Photo by E.H. Gray, blank, uncanceled; a

Comedy post card hoard. More than forty different cards in volume, many very inappropriate today. All unused from a store that was in Lake Arrowhead,

Group of 64 RPC and Litho Postcards from the 1900s-10s, with half from Nova Scotia and half from San Francisco. Many canceled with stamps. Two from No