The Wild West Auction (July 2022)

1911. Rarity-8. Very poor strike. But a great cover. Corner cover for the Goldfield Daisy Mining Syndicate. Manuscript EW ---, Redlich, Nev. Handwritt

Rarity-10. 1905. Excellent strike. Includes short history of Rhodes. Addressed to music store in Chicago named Lyon & Healy, There was music in ...

Rarity-6. Addressed to Water Smith of White Plains, Churchill County. Names listed on this piece are historically important. 1) Excellent double ring,

Complete (or near complete) series of nine Native American children (Paiute) from Carson City from photographer Smith & Company. Includes a shor...

Early non-manuscript 1862. Stamped postmarked with handwritten day. Stamped 'PAID 3' over three cent entire. Fair strike. Addressed to R. B....

1871. This letter has been put in an envelope and sent from Sheep Camp to Smoke Creek in the Smoke Creek Desert. No official postmark. Smoke Creek had

Bold CDS postmark with target cancel. Sent to Stockton with receiving back stamp on reverse. Has cover flaws, including a nick and tears. Rated a

Both contain contents. 1) Earliest Sweetwater postmark with ties to 'The Rocket' on Mono Lake. 1882. Only known Sweetwater manuscript cancel...

(Thorne) Rarity-9. Excellent strike. 1918. Legal sized envelope. Manuscript cc for the Aurora Consolidated Mine. History of the Aurora Consolidated Mi

Rarity-8. 1863. Magenta stamped month and day. No Year. Hand cackled stamp. Addressed to Mr. Alonzo Young / Fort Bridger / Company L, Third Infantry,

Rarity-8. Strong strike, but with some hit-and-miss strength of ink. 1868. From the Pardon Brown collection. Excerpts from the Pardon Brown letters

Rarity-8. 1860. Excellent strike. Earliest non-manuscript Virginia City cancel. Hand written "paid 10". Cover is addressed to Mrs. J. A. A...

This is the earliest Nevada Territorial postmark according to Gamett & Nelson. Rarity-4. Very nice double ring cancel. This December 5, 1861 cov...

c1863 which would make this most probably territorial. Oval "Langton's Pioneer Express" cancels 3 cent pre-printed stamp. Preprinted c...

c1863. Territorial. Oval "Wells Fargo & Co. / Express / Virginia City postmark." Stamped oval 'PAID.' Addressed to John North,...

2 Virginia City, Nevada postal covers. One Wells Fargo "entire" postal cover envelope. Virginia & Truckee R.R. Second Pacific Union Ex...

Nine Gold Hill. 1) Most interesting is the 1874. Excellent strike ('NEV' struck poorly). The accompanying letter was never used by the Gold ...

Lot of six. 1) Virginia City. Rarity-4, pre 1865. Light, but readable strike. The history behind this cover is fascinating. 1) Addressed to 'Mis...

"Town for Sale". Washoe City was the county seat of Washoe County. And then the railroad arrived in Reno and within two years almost all o...

Rarity-6. 1908. Earliest known cancel. History of the Waterloo Hotel with 1906 Waterloo Hotel Letterhead. Addressed to William Gray. Includes a short

Rarity-6. 1909. Hard to read double strike on postcard. Includes history of White Plains. Sent by Kadafar. Additional pages of research on location,

On a cover with a cc of the Wonder Water Company. Rarity-4. Excellent strike. 1918. Short history of the town and the Wonder Water Company. Date: 19

Lot of five. 1) Project Mercury First Day of Issue. Shows John Glenn doing desert training in Nevada. Signed by Glenn. Number 1 of 4. 2) Chinese cover

Lot of eight. 1) Thompson B&W RPC. Shows smelter. Thompson was near Yerington and a major smelter for the copper nearby. 2) Great Waterloo 1909 ...

Over 60 covers. Includes, Territorial Auditor’s Office cc, State Controller with large Nevada seal, Wadsworth, Black Springs, Leete, manuscri

1) c1869 Virginia City blue. RARE two bar cancel. 2) Gold Hill double Circle. 3) Hawthorne Double ring. 1884. Addressed to Aurora, Nevada. 4) Austin c

Killer mining postal cover with pictoral of miner pushing ore out of Golden, New Mexico postmarked 1883. Date: Country (if not USA): State: New

Lot of eleven. 1) Striking early Fremont House cc. 2) 1888 oval Silver City National Bank. 3) 1894 one cent blue entire with two additional 2c stamps.

8 total postal covers out of New Mexico. Includes double ring postmark from Chaves, Merchant- Belen, NM 1887 to Caliente with blue oval corner adverti

Fantastic postal history collection which includes one cover postmarked Chamberino to Pasadena addressed to Mrs. Charles T. Bartlett, which includes

17 Lockhart & Co Ranches, Mines & Live Stock Deming 1890. Bull Head Saloon and Lodging Deming 1883 double ring postmark. Fairview Oval 1884....

Spectacular Cauthen Groceries Lordsburg. 14 advertising corner covers. Merchants Andres Sena-Los Alamos, Dessauer & Smith Real Estate -Las Cruce...

9 postal history covers, including yellow from Magdalena 1886 cancel w/target killer ties; corner advertising covers like Schmidt & Reinken Merc...

Lot of eight – all with corner advertising. 1-3) San Marcial. Rockwell Baker and Grocer, 1889. 188- Rockwell grocer. 4) San Ignacio. Post off

Lot of ten-all with corner advertising. Includes several mining towns! 1) Valleitos. 1894 on 2c Columbian entire. 2-3) Two Victoria type one double ci

25 postal covers! Includes one great full face advertising Harlow's Hotel Livery Stable and Corrals w/ 3- 1 cent Franklin Stamps. A cover in gol...

Could this be none other than Elias Jackson Baldwin - or as Lucky Baldwin as he was known in the California Gold Rush? Baldwin was a wheeler and deale

About 40 mostly NY Advertising covers, mostly c. 1870's to 1890's. Postmarks from NYC, Albany and Buffalo. Includes Sentinel and whiskey. D...

About 25 rare mostly advertising covers, c. 1870's to 1920's. Some have stamps removed. Buffalo Lithia Water, agriculture, tents, sheep, car...

Lot of 21. Eight with vignettes. FP Sylvester of Hennessey with short horn bull, A Shafer Harness and Saddlery, the Almeda of Bartlesville, of Alva wi

Lot of 13. Located on Gray Horse Osage Nation. Includes two 1892 Fort Sill covers. Also Woodward Cattle King Hotel advertising cover. Other advertisin

History Group Lot of ten. Stamp letter. 1) 1852. Written by Captain CH Brooks. Seems to be about repairing a ship. 2) Stampless letter. Large '5...

This piece of postal history was mailed on August 7, 1866 from Galveston. It is actually not a cover or letter, but a page from, most likely, a newspa

Early Masonic cover to Griffin, Georgia. Bright and bold postmark “Waco Village, June, 19, Tex.” Bright and Bold “Paid 3[x=

Lot of 35. Mostly with advertising. The premier piece is a full face General Land Office, Auston, Texas. Not far behind is the El Paso (right on the M

Lot of Five. 1) Occidental Saloon 1896 billhead. Selling cigars, wines, liquors and UTAH beers. 2) A. Fisher Brewing Company. 1893. Bright blue logo.

Lot of 15. 1) 1883 Cheyenne. Large pictorial of Inter-Ocean Hotel. Stamped placed over the pictorial! Also Dyer’s Hotel Cheyenne, Kuster Hote

About 80 covers, c. 1880's-1930's to and from attorneys. Some commemoratives including 1939 World's Fair. Date: Country (if not USA)...

Lot of 13. Includes City of New York Law Department oval. Fancy Herman S Fay Marlboro Mass. Fancy JB Newton Emporium PA. Charles A Bennett Freehold NJ

Lot of 10. 1870-1890. Fancy Riffle & Meeker Greenville Ohio. JW & OC Ransom Grand Rapids. MM Sturgeon Rock Island. John Giberson Clare Michi...

This is the best railroad postal history collection we have seen. 25 pieces and almost all have a story to tell. In this limited space we can only tou

Lot of about 42 postal covers from various railroad companies in New York, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, etc. Most

14 different legal sized covers for US auto manufacturers including Reo, Cadillac, Chevrolet, International, Studebaker, Continental-Divco, Graham-Pai

19 US covers with odd denominations or multi stamps. Various postmarks. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

2 nice Minkus binders hold nearly complete mint US stamps from 1960-1978, airmails from 1918-1976( No Graff Zepellin), assorted postage due, special d

34 covers with various cancels. Newport, RI, New London, CT, Tannersville, NY, New Brighton, NY, Grahamsville, NY Buffalo, NY, Rye ,NY and more. Mostl

Western Mining Promtional mail and materials. Includes letters to shareholders from the Offices of Boston & Seattle Mining Co, 1902, on thin pin...

Lot of four western covers: one from the Palace Hotel San Francisco; one from Cherry Creek, Nevada; one from Seattle, Washington Territory; 1914 from

6 c. WW1 covers with attached sticker "Opened by Censor". Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Lot of over 75 postal covers opened by military examiners and censors. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Lot of 25 postal covers from World War Two. U. S. Forces in the Virgin Islands, U.S. Army Postal Service, Fort McClellan Alabama and others. Date:

Lot of over 65 postal covers "free" (no postage) military mail from World War Two. Many addressed to "Ranger" at Esquire magazi...

A postmark lovers extravaganza. Well over 1,000 well organized postmarks, mostly from U.S. states, some Canadian and other countries. Organized by Sta

Very nice collection of over 70 foreign postal covers, dating back to the early 1900s. France, Australia, Poland, Germany, Guatemala, Bahamas and many

Lot of 14 registered mail postal covers from the Bank of Nova Scotia to the Bank of New York, with Canadian postage. Most from the 1940s. Many with wa

Nice sealer! Unscrew the top to change the date and time. It is currently set of Jun 6 at 12 pm. Cute, interesting and rare! Date: c1890's Cou...

Postal Cancel. Hard to read, but looks something like WI -- LAUCRS??? . The cancel had been worn down. But the silver top "P - O" (post of...

Tabletop letter-sorting box made of straight-grained white oak with dovetailed joints on the base. It has three rows of 18 compartments, each with div

Mail-sorting cabinet made from quartersawn white oak. It has eight rows with ten compartments each, and all dividers are present. It appears there wa

Post Office sorting table and trays. Oak cabinet. Waist-high sorting area with four rows of 25 cubby holes for envelopes. Great for a personal Post Of

Post Office sorting table with four rows of 15 cubby holes for mail sorting. Oak construction, well used, 43 x 28 inches, c1890-1910. Date: Countr

Original, small Post Office frontispiece from the Postmaster Supply Co of Baltimore, Maryland, and Kansas City, Missouri. It has a small, 8.5 x 12.5-i

Brass and steel, street-side letter box for US Mail made by Cutler Mail Chute Company of Rochester, NY. Cutler Mailing System authorized by United Sta

US Post Office frontispieces in Eastlake style, made of quartersawn oak. There are two separate side-by-side panels. Includes the original metal swing

US Postage Stamp Dispensary Case with no contents. Label on side reads // This machine sells US postage stamps / two 2c or four 1c stamps for 5c. Drop

About 100 USPS letter Carrier pins of various sizes and ribbons from conventions etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Vintage U.S.Post Office Letter Carrier Hat Badge Approximately 3InX3In Heavy Thick Metal. U.S.Post Office Letter Carrier Hat Badge #30 . In 1922, th

National Assoc. of Postmasters 39th annual convention Oct 10, 1939. Delegate ribbon of Wm. St. Germain Jersey City , NJ. Blue ribbon , Name in encas

A pairing of a mailbag & invoice, with the latter out of Arizona from Fred Stephens Staple and Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Mining Supplies, Farm...

Lot of eleven Scott Stamp Reference Catalogs. 2006 five volumes; 2008, missing volume three. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provena

Softcover listings of California post offices from 1848-1954. 395pp with TOC. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Stuart Ma

Two reproduced Wells Fargo & Co. Express mail bags. These reproductions were probably made around the 1960s. Both have the words "W.F. &...

Exterior wall mounted sign for the stage office, 30 inches by 15 inches. Blue and white porcelain. Two sided. Numerous dings, two bullet punctures. No

Wells Fargo and Company, Rates of Fare from Virginia. 1868. Mounted on original "free hand sketch" in pencil looking south of Virginia eas...

Two receipts from Wells Fargo & Co. related to mining freight. A) Consignee's receipt for Jerry Schooling, State Treasurer. To Wells, Fargo...

Unused receipt from Wells Fargo Stage Dept. c. 1860's. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Stuart Mackenzie Montana E...

Rare bag sealer. WF & Co EXP//807 seal with about 25 lead seals with attached wires. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenanc...

Heart shaped Wells Fargo lock and key. WF. & Co. on key guard. Pivoting U on bottom is bent. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: P...

Mid to third quarter 19th century classic strongbox, also known as a floor safe. Hinged top door, with gold and black trim on deep red. Not all paint

Reproduced Wells Fargo & Co. treasure box. This is a reproduction of the green treasure boxes that Wells Fargo used to transport gold, money, ch...

Fantastic early wooden Railway Express strongbox. Predates the iron Railway Express strong boxes of the 19th century. Metal corners, front latch, lock

Classic cast-iron, large Railway Express strongbox for transporting gold, bullion, coin, and money. All original handles intact, and the original fron

60# cast iron scale with rarely found original label intact on weighing plate. 11x17.5" Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prove...

Nice metal Railway Express Agency sign. Recessed yellow and red letters on green background with red trim. Brass ferrules in mounting holes. 72x12&q...

Discoloration in dead center and near right hand hole for posting. Otherwise, not bad for this original. 8x8" Date: Country (if not USA):...

Lot of two signs for the Railway Express Agency. The REA was a package delivery service that used railroads in the United State between 1918 and 1975.

Rare brass Colorado Express tag. H. Vogt, 2, Express. 1.75" Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Provenance: Gary Bracken...

Photograph of the Leadville Express at Evergreen Lakes in Colorado. This photo features an express wagon with about six people in it. There is a handw

Brass wax sealer. American Express. Lindsay Neb. Lindsay was platted in 1866 and eventually had 4 freight trains and 2 passenger trains daily. By 1917

3 brass Overland Mail & Express baggage checks with 2 leather straps. 463 Baggage Check and duplicate and 956 duplicate. 1 3/8x1 5/8. Date: C...