The Wild West Auction (July 2022)

1) Topeka Jul. 10. K. T. Sent to Kentucky via Cincinnati. 2) Lawrence Nov. 17, K. T. Both had Scott #26 stamps. This is an1857-1860 postmark. Date:

Weak, but readable, postmark. Target cancel. Addressed to Mr. A. Stewart of New York City. Reverse has a handwritten "St. Louis D.P.O, Mo."...

This 1851 stampless letter is address to Major General Jones. It is from Lt. Colonel D. S. Miles. It had originally kept the report from his journey t

Lot of 22. Some are Southwest News, Walker-Brewster Grocer, Murdock manufacturing, Burnett & McVey hardware, Dold beef & pork packing, Galla...

Multiple stamps applied make both of these a nice find! 1) Air Mail. 1932 violet double ring. Also registered #249450. One 10 cent, one five cent and

Weak but readable postmark. Target cancel. Rectangular red 1873 received or transfer stamp on front. Addressed to Aurich, Germany. Aurich is a town in

1) Stampless letter. Manuscript '10' rate. May 21, Platte City. 1848 date garnered from the insert of a (news)paper to keep the county seat ...

Poplar Bluff received their post office in 1852. The French were the first Europeans to assert any territorial rights over the Poplar Bluff area. The

A post office was opened here in 1849. 1) Nine years later this first cover was mailed. It is a three cent entire. Large circular postmark used as a c

Rich Hill is a city in southern Bates County, Missouri, and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It was platted in 1880. The city was named i

Lot of five. 1-2) Two covers with Scott #114 three cent pictorial locomotive blue stamps. These were first put into use in 1869. 3-4) Two earlier (c18

Sent to Department of Interior, Pension Office in Washington D. C. Sent Sep. 29, 1886. Manuscript cancel. This 1886 letter seems most likely to be att

Two with contents. 1) 1520 stamped letter with no cover. Note to lawyer. 2) 1863 double circle. 3) About a deposition for Spillman "I had not t...

WOW! Burke & Kerr / Antique Saloon / Baker Arcade / Springfield, Mo. Pictorial is of three horses racing under a horseshoe with the saying "...

1) Stampless letter. Dated July 1, 1848. PAID with manuscript '5'. Sent to Jacksonville, Illinois. Letter to family. Talks about death of fa...

February 18th double ring CDS. Earliest usage of this postmark when purchased. The year of 1861 could be determined by the green ink which was only kn

Lot of thirty - 25 advertising covers. Includes 1/2 face Saint Joseph Weekly Gazette, Burgess & Allyn livery, fancy script Medical Herald, Young...

This is a unique cover. An underprint red bicycle that is the size of the cover! 1889 St. Joseph cover with a Akhurst-Eberly Arms Co., Sporting goods

1) Most interesting! Purple bold postmark. Cover advertising for E. Hoerning, Boots & Shoes. Blue three cent locomotive postage stamp (Scott 114...

1) Warrensburg. Nov. 14. Date on letter says 1842. This is five years after the post office opened. It is a deposition of David B. Comps over property

Lot of 5. Warsaw received a post office in 1839. 1) Stampless envelope with a paid '10'. Aug. 7 (upside down?). Addressed to James A Brown i...

West Plains post office opened in 1858. 1) E. F. Haynes real estate. On green cover with a white oval housing the advertisement. 1883. 2) HT Smith cou

1) The oldest is a stampless envelope (pre1855) PAID 5. 2) 1859 Westport manuscript. December 26. Manuscript cancel. Sent to Mrs. Fisher of Paola. K.

1) Peru. 1901. The Peru post office was open from 1892 to 1901! This cover was mailed just before closure. Advertising cover for George Baker, general

1) Weston. Pre-1855. No content. 2) Parkville 1846. Manuscript postmark with manuscript '10'. Asa Wood write his parents in Rock Island for ...

1) October 3, green postmark with paid '5'. From Bowdark, Missouri. Written go Reverend Townsend of the Missionary Society. Bois D'Arc, ...

1) Tiff City. Post office opened in 1877. This could be a first year cover. 2) Willard. Willard opened in 1858. 3) Thornleigh. Aug. 12. Opened from 18

Lot of six. Decatur House in Pierce City, Pictorial advertising cover. Pierce City Octagonal 1884, Atlantic Hotel advertising cover from Pleasant Hill

1) Roanoke 1880 (post office opened in this county in 1871). Corner advertising for RJ Bagby, Physician, druggist and retail grocer and bookseller. Yo

Lot of eight. 1-2) Wellsville. 1883. One cent Franklin and 3c Washington. One addressed to the City and one to Indiana. 3) Weston. GM Doppler dry good

1) Postmaster Postmark. J. Potter of Truney's Sta., Clinton Co., Mo. Great pictorial advertising piece with a large sheep and 'Stub No. 440&...

1) Corner advertising for the Parkville & Grand River RR. Parkville large postmark which acts as cancel. Early. Front only. 2) Kansas City Cable...

Dealer lot of about 100 raw random Montana postal covers from 1869-1910. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Provenance: Stuart

Addressed to Peter V. Jackson Esq. / Sterling / Montana Territory / green 3 cent stamp. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Prov

Lot of seven. Three early Nebraska Territory: Nebraska City, large oval, Surveyor General’s Office; Omaha City large circle; Nebraska City, l

1909. Postal Card. Alpine, Nevada Postal from Warren Williams. Includes a short history of the range wars including the part Warren Williams (address

Postal history label used for equipment shipped to Austin, Nevada from Battle Mountain, Nevada. See reverse for 10 cent rate rare useage of 2 stamps t

Rarity – 6. Although not complete (see photo) they are strong and easily determined. 1) 1881. Right and left sides of postmark did not strike

Earliest known Bernice cancel. 1889. Rarity-7. Cover with nearly perfect strike. includes articles from the Reno newspapers on Bernice and a short Ber

1906. Rarity-6. Excellent strike. Includes a history of Buena Vista from 1905 - 1909 through articles in the Inyo County Register. Date: 1906 Cou

1) 1892. Nearly perfect strike on this Rarity-4 postmark. Red, double circle cancel. History of Candelaria. Biography of Zabiskie (more noted for his

1) Hawthorne. Rarity-1, Nearly perfect strike. CC of "SHERIFF, HAWTHORNE." 2) Candelaria on reverse. Rarity-4. Excellent strike. First let...

This cover (purchased from Schuyler Rumsey) was mailed in 1857 or 1858 and either carried by Snowshoe Thompson or was one of the first pieces of mail

Rarity is a '9'. Postmark is nearly perfect. Sent to Captain James Jones of 'San Frisco'. The Jones family was famous for settling i...

Early N. T. July 27, 1861 manuscript postmark and cancel. From John North to his wife Anna in New York. North was the Territorial Surveyor General. No

Rarity-7. 1861. Very good cancel, but 1/3 over the stamp. Long search may have lead to the author of this cover. Through letters from the Bancroft Lib

Cover from the Territorial Treasurer's Office, Carson City, Nevada Territory. This cover is from 1863 and is addressed to the Hon. P.G. Childs, ...

Includes two letters. 1905. Very good strike. cc of the Treasury Department 'Official Business'. Stamp over right hand cc. RK Colcord (forme...

Rarity-9. Excellent strike. This 1918 Clark, Nevada postmark is the earliest found in the Gamett & Nelson survey of Nevada postal history. The R...

Rarity-10. Excellent strike. 1926. Cover. Only cover reported in the Gamett & Nelson book, "Nevada Postmark Catalog". Additional page...

1909. This cover has two stamps: "Unclaimed" and "No Change of Address." Original address has been crossed out and another enter...

1895. The letter is from grand niece of Judge Cradlebaugh to her mother, "go and fish for a while", "caught 32". The fishing wou...

1866 - early statehood. Good strike. Cover is addressed to William Prows of Deserett City from Alma Prows. William Prows is arguably the first person

Rarity-5. Excellent strike. 1908. Postcard has an oval blue cyanotype of the mountains and a valley - obviously near Truckee where this was sent from.

Dewey was a mining camp, thirty-one miles northeast of Reno near Pyramid Lake. The sender is Frank Blondin of Dewey. He was quite a character. After m

Rarity-6. Excellent strike - a little light. Year in postmark is 1905, but it should be 1906. Two long rectangular views: 1) overview of city and 2) t

This Rarity-8 postmark has a nice strike. It is 1920 on a reply card. This is 5 years earlier than the earliest reported by Gamett & Nelson. Inc...

One of only two or three known. 1903. Rarity-10. Excellent strike. Cover has a cc of 'Edw. Brown, Douglass, Esmeralda, Nevada'. Edwin Brown ...

Only one known example of a Boyer cancel was found in Gamett & Nelson's survey of postal history. Eagleville is a Rarity-4. Strike is nearl...

Rarity-6. 1863. Includes history on the Territorial debate where the capital should be located: Carson City, Virginia City, Dayton, or Aurora (Esmeral

This is an amazing piece of history. Envelope signed by Secretary of the Nevada Territory Orion Clemens, Sec. N. T. (Mark Twain's brother) as co...

1) Columbus 1890 manuscript. Official local cover to Silver Peak. Postmaster has not delivered mail in a week. 2) R-6 Mary Mine. 1910. Cc of Robert St

Postmarked Fairview on February 12, 1907. Rarity-4. Strike is nearly perfect. Fantasy businesses are shown on this "A very busy day in Fairview...

EA Julian letter with signature. Julian was Wingfield's go to mining man. Copy of JS Cain of Bodie response with signature. Cain, who talked to ...

Two covers. 1) Aurora. R3. 1908. Excellent strike. 2) Fletcher. Rarity-5. 1908. Nearly perfect strike. O'Grady correspondence (mining man), &quo...

Strike is almost perfect. Letter to sender's son who would be a Prisoner of War when he should have received it. Written to Private Jack Powell ...

1) Letter mailed to J. S. Cain of Bodie California. Letter has a Hugh Brown stamp on it. Second letter has Metson's signature. Contents about Au...

Rarity-10. Strike is heavy, but very nice. 1909 postcard. Includes a history of Granite through newspapers of the time. Date: 1909 Country (if no

1897. Manuscript cc of Mrs. Healey. Rarity-8. Good. Includes history of the town of Healy and information on Mr. and Mrs. Healy. Date: 1897 Country

Corner cover of Hercules Soppy Store also. Hercules has a Rarity of 8. Nice strike (accept for 'Hercules') on this 1907 cover and contents. ...

Rarity-6. Strike is good. 1911. Sent to George Folsom and includes his biography (Constitutional Convention delegate, creator of town Little Bangor, a

1909. Rarity-9. Weak strike with the top cut off although Jessup can clearly be deciphered. This is the earliest confirmed Jessup postmark. Obverse of

Rarity-7. Nearly perfect strike. 1909 postcard. Includes a nice history of this later day mining strike. Date: 1909 Country (if not USA): State:

Rarity-8. Strike is light but easily read. 1915. Legal sized cover from the "U. S. Reclamation Service / Lahontan, Nevada". Includes a lon...

In 1854, the Democratic majority State Legislature named modern-day Lake Tahoe "Lake Bigler" in honor of California's third Governor, ...

1894. The United States Postal Service puts this post office in Washoe during its first period (1881 - 1883, no known covers) and Ormsby during it sec

Rarity-6. Weak strike, but legible. 1905. On cover. Includes a history of Ragtown (original name of Leeteville) Date: 1905 Country (if not USA): S

Rarity of Postmark is a 6. 1911 Strike is Excellent. RPC of a Lucky Boy mining scene loading bags of ore. Includes a 1910 photo (reprint) of Lucky Boy

Lot of nine. 1) Strong 1887 Sutro addressed to Jameson of Reno. Includes billhead. 2) Sutro received from JH Hardy, attorney of Boston. 3) 1882. Legal

CDS (circular date stamp) with a manuscript day and manuscript ‘x’ cancel. Cancelled Jun 14, 1864. Small corner tear top right other

1879. This cover was mailed to 'New Boston'. New Boston lost its post office two days before this cover was sent and hence could not reach t...

Rarity-6. 1906. Nice strike (although disappears into stamp) with a striking RPC of the loading docks of the lumber company. Sent from WEB who must ha

1) Schurz, 1928 with mining letter. Nice strike. 1928. Author Aldridge was in Sapp's Camp in the 1940 census. The letter mostly focuses on the A...

Rarity-10. Only two known [Gamett & Nelson].The other is on a legal sized envelope. 1860. Stamped "DUE 10". Manuscript "Paid 10c&...

Rarity-6. On postal card. Good strike. Short history of town and name (OMCO stands for Olympic Mines Company). A little information on EH Kelly. Comes

Sent on May 21, 1868. Manuscript postmark on a manuscript cancel. Sent to Bow, New Hampshire. Includes a “Washoe City, May 4” cds tr

1) # 1 c1865 cancel. Identified by Gamett & Nelson. 2) Same as 1, but in blue. 3) 1898 Empire. Per Gamett’s survey of Nevada postmarks pro...

Sent by JA Herndon. Excellent strike. 1912. Salt Lake City strike over it, but still easily read. Short Parran history. JA Herndon biography (Nevada H

1869. Manuscript postmark. Earliest Pine Grove in Gamett & Nelson. Obverse also has a blue double circle Virginia City postmark that is also nea...

Rarity-7. 1912. Very good strike. The town name is light. Purdy's was in California from 1887 to 1911. In 1911 the post office crossed the state...

Central Pacific Railroad and Treasure City Wells Fargo Cancels on the same cover. This cover must have started in Treasure City via Wells Fargo Expres

Lot of nine 1) Full face Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company. Not cancelled. 2) Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad Co. cc. Mailed from Las Vegas. 3) T

All are addressed to Cain. 1) Reno & Va City RPO. 1904. Corner advertising cover for the Consolidated Esmeralda Mines. Letterhead included. Sign...

Lot of three. 1908-1912. 1) Rarity-9 Madeline & Reno. Latest Example. Addressed to the Trosi family which had a ranch at Purdy on the NCO and in...

Lot of four. 1) 1887 Ogden & San Francisco RPO to ex-Governor Blasdel at Rockland. Two stamps tell an interesting tale; "No such post offi...

Lot of two V&T covers. Both postmarks are very weak. 1) cc for the "Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company". Bottom says "R. R. B....

1907. Post Card. Rarity-5. Excellent strike. Nice history of Ramsey. Extensive biography of Horatio Jack Pohe (in 1910 when Ramsey was on its last leg

Rarity-6. Very good strike. 1920. Letter tells us that Oscar Schneider is delivering poles and lumber to Rawhide and area. The letter s full of great

1) The common, but striking, double ring. September 1, 1908 – three days before the fire. 2) Two unusual straight lines. Something that you m

Rarity-8. Excellent strike. Top of postmark did not strike on postcard. Includes a short history of railroad in this area. Date: 1908 Country (if