The Big Bonanza Auction: Mining, Philatelic, Numismatics, Americana (March 2023)

James Reed was a member of the tragic Donner Party. He had actually been thrown out of the company after a fight with another man and did not share in

1868 cover with 2 cents Blackjack and green 10 cents to Capt. James Jones, London England. From Silver Mountain California. Via Queenstown. London Pai

1850's cover from Philadelphia to Yreka, CA. Paid Apr 19, red cancel with Paid 10 docket. Per steamer via Panama docket. Date: Country (if...

William Hogan operated from the Nation Hotel in North San Juan Cal. From this location the express ran into the surrounding Humbug Mining District. He

All are unused. Includes Pacific Express Company with train car vignette, Pacific Stage & Express Co. with stage coach vignette (from San Franci...

Lot of two. 1) First has the iconic Pacific Express horse and rider. Rips on left and top. Sent to New York attorneys. 2) Double circle green Pacific

Lot of two. Both are PAID, Pacific Union Express. One addressed to San Francisco (Allison Levy & Co.) from San Jose and one addressed to Downie...

Lot of two: 1) 1891 Hawaii Sc 35 (2), King David Kalakaua 2 cent brown, and Sc 42, Princess Likelike 1 cent green on cover double ring postmarked Maka

Lot of three postal covers postmarked Honolulu. 1) 1884 Pre Stamped envelope with a blue July 1, 1887, Hamakuapoko, Maui CDS and black May 2 Honolulu

Lot of four postal covers with Hawaiian provisional government postal stamps. 1) 1898 postmarked Honolulu, addressed to Waimea, Kauai, two one cent st

Lot of three: 1) Sc 57 red provisional government 1893 overprint on 2 cent dull purple Queen Liliuokalani on local cover postmarked Honolulu Dec 1, 18

Lot of six; four with contents. 1850ís and 1860ís. Mostly 1862-63. 1) Montezuma. Postmark is cancel. Letter from Forrest Home. Much of it ...

Rare Holliday black double circle hand stamp with Nov. 8, 1866 date! 3c entire. Sc U58. Black Leavenworth, Kansas cancel. By 1866, Ben Holladay contro

Interesting philatelic piece. Postmarked Boston Oct. 17, 5 cts. But stamped with Penny Post Paid blue adhesive. To John Harlow of Chiltonville, Mass.

Lot of 10 pre-1900 covers. Includes and early Harrison c1858 (post office opened in 1856) with red wax on reverse, Hermann Missouri with no year, New

UNUSUAL! You won't find this very often. US Land Office Springfield corner cover. Attached is a 1 cent Franklin (US #O96) Dept. of the Interior ...

About 70 covers. Mostly 1880-1910, but several early pieces. 80+% have corner advertising. Businesses include cattle, wine, boiler maker, doctors, rol

Two pieces of Wells, Fargo & Company history. Jan 26th, 1872 receipt from Henry Elling for $800 in gold. April 30th, 1876 letter on Wells, Fargo...

Very early 1861 per docket on back! This mainly California express company is delivering a letter from Virginia to Carson City in Nevada. Red oval Vir

Wells Fargo Pony Express Stamp, 25 cents for 1/2 ounce, cancelled in Virginia City, Nevada TERRITORY, in March of 1861. Red ink on buff paper, center

1847. Small (4x2.25") stampless letter. Letter included. Green Boyd's City Express 2 cent adhesive. Oval postmark Boyd's City Jan 9 Exp...

Light Oval Boyd's Dispatch postmark. SC28L49 with red oval Boyd's Dispatch 1 Park Place Jun 18, 1878 postmark. Delivered locally. Retail Dea...

Boston Massachusetts to New York City, dated August 27, 1844. This letter bears a 75L5 tied to the cover by a black F-14 or F-15 forwarding handstamp.

November 20, 1802 letter sheet PAID single sheet rate to New Jersey. Hand stamped fancy postmark. Addressed to Robert Morris Esz. at New Brunswick New

Two page letter sheet from 1850 U. S. Express Mail, red 5c paid, concerning cotton prices. Date: 1850 Country (if not USA): State: New York City:

U. S. Express Mail New York to Providence Rhode Island postmarked July 12 1854. Concerning cotton prices. Date: 1854 Country (if not USA): State:

Lot of sixteen. 1) New York: EXTREMELY early 1823 Albany stampless letter with RARE 18 1/2 rate with contents, 1848 stampless letter with contents, Ni

#14, 10d on cover from Sacramento to Ohio, 1855. XF. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ohio City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection

SC15L17 tied by a black Blood's CDS to cover with Sc11 dull red 3c. Double ring May 18 postmark and an adhesive Blood's Post Office Despatch...

Includes a Blood, Aug. 13. Stamp. Also a Blood's Penny Post Philad'a adhesive. Scott 15L14. Acid tied with Sc 25, 3 cent rose type 1 (Note p...

Pictorial corner ad cover for WP Swartz, York, Penna., Victor Bicyles and Sporting Goods. Vignette of bicycle. Mailed from York in 1897. The Victor wa

5 cent red 56X2 on cover to Helena, AR with Memphis postmark, includes original bill for cotton. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Tennessee Ci

This has a little bit of everything. Paid Wells Fargo Express frank. One envelope with green 10c U41 entire and an additional 1c Sc63 stamp. Both have

Pony Express-blue 143L8 25c, red 143L9 25c with Virginia City Wells Fargo handstamp, blue 25c 143L* with Wells Fargo handstamp. R5c on piece with larg

20 Wells Fargo adhesive stamps. Green 4 dollars Pony Express, Scott local L262-nicely centered, hinged, pencil X on back. Wells Fargo and Co. 4 differ

Confederate 58X2 stamp on cover to Greensboro, AL. Mobile cancel. Bottom of cover is repaired. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alabama City:

Confederate 53X1 stamp, Macon, GA. Five cents. Very professional back repair for center tear. Top cut is slanted. Please inspect. Date: Country (if

Confederate 11X2 stamp. Baton Rouge, La. 5 cents with cancel. VF. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Louisiana City: Baton Rogue Provenance: G

62X3 5 cents, on cover to Fort Smith AR. June 1861. Nicely centered. Includes original letter. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Louisiana City

3 Confederate New Orleans stamps. 62x1 blue 5c. 62x2 red 2c. 62x3 brown 5c. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Louisiana City: New Orleans Pr

Confederate A2 on Fraser and Dill Factors with black double liner Charleston, SC cancel. c. 1862. Date: Country (if not USA): State: South Carol

2 Confederate covers, c. 1863-64. #11 with Columbia, SC cancel, right corner creases. #11 or possibly 11A with Greenville SC cancel, pencil writing on

Confederate 65X1 5 cents stamp with blue cancel. Petersburg Virginia. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Virginia City: Petersburg Provenance:

Confederate #1 on cover with double circle blue Norfolk VA cancel. Pencil writing on both sides. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pro

Confederate stamp collection, mostly #1 to #14 with just a few gaps. #1 H, NG. #2 H, NG. #3 H, G. #4 H, NG. #5 H, NG. 2x #6-both NH, NG. #7 H, NG. 2x

2 Confederate cover with A7. Thomasville Ga and Georgetown SC cancels. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Col

Patriotic pictorial cover and letter, 1861, Washington DC to Pennsylvania. Union to Confederate, addressed to Louisiana. Both with red 3c stamps. Dat

7 Union patriotic covers. Our Country with red 3 cents. Soldier and flag with red 3 cents. Cannon with red 3 cents with pen manuscript cancel. Mj. Gen

Civil War! These measure 4.5x2'. 1) Two five cent Confederate Stamps. Manuscript postmark and cancel. From Youngs Road(?). To Greensbow, North C...

1)Missouri: Bright colorful St. Louis Lager, Anheuser Busch brewing; 1911 advertising cover for Bainbridge Farm with letter on JD Bower letterhead. 2)

Lot of 36. Includes 1) Full advertising cover. Wilcox & Gibbs Automatic of New Haven, Conn. Reverse carries the advertising to the back. RARE! ...

34 Total: Includes Louisiana, Texas, Alabama. 1) One Civil War patriotic cover of drummer boy. Postmarked New Orleans. 2-3) Two letters tied to steams

Lot of 3 pictorial pieces. 1) Corner ad cover for GO Gillett, Funeral Director & Embalmer, Hamlinton, PA. 1905. Hearse vignette. 2) Corner ad co...

Pictorial cover for the George H. Perkins, Flying Direction of the Farnum Fish Exhibition Co. Signed by Bob Jene(?), possibly a pilot. Vignette of ear

Lot of 4 different. No contents. 1) Seawright Magnesian Lithia Spring Company, Staunton, Virginia. 1902. Vignette of springs. 2) A. Gunther & Co...

Lot of 5 different. No contents. 1) RJ Hillier, Manufacturer of Havana Cigars, Philadelphia. Vignette of factory. 1898. 2) RA Kern Cigar Co., Mansfiel

Lot of 4 different, all pictorial and in color. No contents. 1) Ringling Bro's World's Greatest Shows, 1905. 2) Arcus Ticket Co., Printers o...

Lot of 10, most different. No contents. Includes: JR Megrue & Co. (Cincinnati, 1885); Cunninghams & Co. (Pittsburgh, 1884); Cataract House (...

Lot of 3 different. No contents. 1) AJ Basel & Co., Owners of Kiowa Collie Kennels, Hobart, Oklahoma. Mailed 1910. 2) Hillside Kennels, Breeders...

Lot of 11 different, all pictorial. No contents. Includes: Griffith & Wedge Sawmills; Buckeye Mower & Reaper; Sciple Sons Pipe; Smith Premie...

Lot of 2 different. No contents. 1) The LaFrance Fire Engine Company, Elmira, New York. Pre-1900. Color vignette of early fire engine. 2) Western Fire

Lot of 6 different, all pictorial. Includes: Dr. Hess & Clark (Ashland, Ohio, 1914); Big Four Coffee (Detroit, 1914); Wilbur Stock Food Co. (two...

Lot of 4. 1) Paris Medicine Company, St. Louis, 1903, with color vignette of small boy. No contents. 2) Red Cross Antiseptic Company, Chicago, 1909. N

Lot of 4. 1) JN Jenkins & Son, Dealers in Edison Phonographs & Sewing Machines, Kearney, Nebraska. Vignette of phonograph. 1908. With letter...

Lot of 3 different. No contents. 1) Cover with photo vignette of Teddy Roosevelt ("Colonel Roosevelt"). 3 cent stamp. Gettysburg 1949 canc...

Lot of 19. One has contents. All are pictorial. Nearly all different! Includes: John Naylon & Co. Saddlery (Detroit, 1883, with letter); CC Post...

Unusual Graf Zeppelin cover with 65 cent and $1.30 stamps, tied by April 30, 1930 Varick St. duplex hand cancel. Proper red circular cachet, violet ro

Advertising cover with C4 and C5 on 3 zone rate cover to NY, 1924. 4 single C9 Hindenburgs, 1936 from NY to Bavaria, Frankfort cancel on back. Date:

Red oval Steamer Capital. On blue folded letter with New Orleans dateline 26/July/1855. Letter is an illustrated Bill of Lading; for seeds and dress h

2 Steamer covers. New Orleans to Bordeaux France, 1864 with 12c and 3c stamps. Front Calais cancel on front, Bordeaux and Paris back cancels.1872 New

Originally set to sail on the Bostona. Crossed out and Julia hand written in. 1849 stampless letter sheet. From New Orleans to St. Louis. Contents abo

Lot of four. 1) 1837 stampless letter with short note. Postmarked New Orleans, June 3. Cancelled with a double ring Steam 10. 2) 1846 stampless lette

About 150 space and aviation themed cached covers including some First Day Covers, in 2 albums. c. 1949-98. From Kitty Hawk to the moon. Date: Coun

A15 and U8 on buff cover, to Boston, MA. 10 cent green and 10 cents imprinted postal stationery for double rate. San Francisco post mark, c. 1855. Pen

A15 on cover from NY to San Francisco, c. mid 1850's. Green 10 cents. Overland in St. Louis. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: P...

2x A16 on cover, from Boston to Milan Italy. Red 12 cent Boston on front. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken

Rare cover to France with 3 cent and 12 cent with black grid cancel. 12 cent perf cuts into right side. Red Boston paid 6 cent. 2 Bordeaux cancels on

A30, possibly Scott 71?, on cover 1863. New York to Bremen Germany per Prussian closed mail. 7 cents extra paid New York red circle cancel. Vertical c

Variety of 9 Blackjack 2c stamps with fancy cancels. 2 red, 5 blue-1 with star. 2 with dates. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Proven

Lot of five. 1) Little Rock Arkansas. Two stamps. 2) Manhattan Kansas. Two stamps attached. 3) Wyandotte Kansas. 1867. Note addressing the Leavenworth

4 Blackjacks on covers with fancy cancels. 2 + 1 cents to NY, 2 + 10 cents to NY. 2+ 1 cents to Boston. 2 cents to Worcester. Date: Country (if not

2 covers with A32 Blackjack pairs and 2 additional stamps. c. 1866-67. Yellow cover has hand cancels. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

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US stamp #1, red brown color. Blue 5 cts cancel. Nice stamp. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection

US Stamp #1 or possibly #1b. Light orange brown in color. Black 7 bar circle center cancel, fire red cancel on left. 2 small chips in upper left corn

US stamp #1a, brown 5c with Leavenworth cancel. Tight cut on bottom into lower part of design. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prove

1847 issue of the first US stamp. Scott 1d, brown orange shade, with The Philatelic Foundation COA for Scott 1d, not 1c. Red hand stamped numeral 5 an

US Stamp #2, black Washington, 10c. VF, nicely centered example. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Collectio

#9 with COA from The Philatelic Foundation, red Wells Fargo Express Co. cancel. #18 with flaws upper right and left. Date: Country (if not USA):

6 cancelled varieties of US A14. Includes-US13 imperforate, cut into left border, blue cancel. 14 imperforate, red transit cancel, cut at border at le

3x A47 7c with interesting cancels. 5x A48 6c with blue, red and other cancels. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Br

10 US stamps-A49, A50 and A51. Cancelled 10c and 15c. Mint 12c, off center, partial gum, hinged. Variety of cancels including purple, X, full date etc

#67 stamp with COA from William T Crowe. Small repairs on lower left and top right corners. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenan

Interesting #71 cancel study group of 61 stamps with cancel color variations including black and blue, and primarily collected for the cancel varietie

7 fancy cancels on #78 and 78a. Most with minor flaws, sold as is. Please inspect. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

#86-91 without #87. All canceled. Some interesting cancels including red leaf and black hollow star. #86 is off center. Date: Country (if not USA):

US stamps, #91 15c and #148 6c with large leaf fancy cancels. Both well centered. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary

About 90 mostly cancelled US stamps and 2 covers. #24, 10, 25, 119, 28, 76, 634a, 402, 44s, 352, airmails and more. See photos. Date: Country (if n