The Wild West Auction (July 2022)

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