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...