Western Americana Auction April 2022

Thirty-eight postcards from the Los Angeles area, 26 color litho and 12 B&W litho, with un-split backs, some addressed and cancelled, others unu...

Approx. 80 Golden Gate Bridge Postcards. A few RPC's. City:San Francisco State:California Date:

Approx. 40 mostly chromolithograph postcards from hotels including Potter, Biltmore, Persian, Carrillo, El Canto, Hotel Lobero and more. City:Santa

Lot of 12 envelopes, some with letters, w/CA postmarks including Otay, San Bernardino, San Francisco, more. Dates from 1875 - 1943. 1875 San Bernard

3 Chicago and South Western Railway stock with orange RN's, unissued. City: State:Illinois Date:

Lot of 31 postal covers, all with contacts from Maine cities, all circle cancelled. Cities include Sabatos, Cary, Monticello, North Amity, Littleton

One small envelope, addressed to Mr. P. V. Jackson, Sterling, Madison County, Montana Territory, no contents, handwritten postmark from Gallatin 12/21

Lot of 2 envelopes, no content, both addressed to P. V. Jackson, Sterling, Montana, both have handwritten postmarks, 1872 & 1875, 3 cent stamp t...

Lot of 2 small envelopes, no content, each addressed to R V Jackson, Sterling, Montana, one w/1882 stamped postmark from Meadow Creek, the other a han

One small envelope, no content, addressed to P V Jackson, Sterling, M.T. (Montana Territory), handwritten postmark dated ?/15/77 (1877). 3-cent stamp

Lot of 2 envelopes, no contents, handwritten cancellations from Sterling, M.T., dated 1877, two black cancellation lines drawn over 3 cent stamps. No

One small envelope, addressed to P. V.Jackson, Sterling, Montana T (Territory), handwritten cancel, Willow Creek, Mont, February 27, 1880, 3 cent stam

Lot of 12 items, all military correspondence, mostly WW II. Envelopes w/correspondence in most. City: State:Montana Date:

Lot of 16 receipts from Montana, all dating to the 1870s. Included are 10 registered mail receipts , three with postmarks from Helena or Washington,

Lot of over 100 pieces of mail correspondence addressed to Montana locations, mostly envelopes w/handwritten letters inside, 16 split-back postcards i

Rarity-7. Postcard. Excellent strike. Additional pages of research on location, names associated with cover, etc. are included. City:Acoma, Lincoln

Doane 1. Nearly perfect strike. 1906. Postal. Includes a short history of Antelope. City:Antelope, Nye Co. State:Nevada Date:1906

Rarity-7. 1920. Good to very good strike. Includes an extensive history of Arrowhead through newspapers of that era. As a matter of fact, this cover w

Rarity-7. 1883 on Postal. Purple double ring. 'ARTHUR' is very light. JB Moore biography. He was a powerful man - sometimes for good and som...

1) Rarity-5. Very early! Strong blue postmark with grid cancel. Clifton post office had been the official post office for this area up to the time of

1866-1904. 1) c1878, postal, Price & Read. Partners in 1876 in a S. F. variety store (with history). 2) 1866, cover with business corner adverti...

Rarity-9. 1885. Near perfect strike. Only three to five found in the Gamett and Nelson survey of Nevada Postal History, all are cut squares. This is t

Rarity-7. Postcard. Very good strike. Includes a short history of Barclay. City:Barclay, Lincoln Co. State:Nevada Date:1909

1881. Light strike but very readable. Letter is from George Crum who owned a ranch in Crum Canyon. The letter is difficult to read but seems to be abo

Postmark is over inked. Biography of sender Harry Lauritzen (tailor in Battle Mountain, truck driver hauling ore in Betty O'Neal, constable of M...

In 1906 Tommy Watkins was searching for a special Black Horse. He found gold instead. He had it assayed in Osceola. It is rumored that within one day

1) Rarity-4. Nice strike. Magenta. Addressed to J. B. Lamb of Midas, Nevada. Includes a short history of Aura and a short biography of John Lamb. 2) T

Almost perfect strike. 1919. Legal cover with cc of Kansas City-Nevada Consolidated Mines. Includes a short history of Bruner and the mine. City:Bru

One of two Known Bullion manuscript postmarks. Earliest identified date. 1880. Rarity-3. Manuscript cancel. From RK Morrison to Laura Peterson. The 18

Rarity-6. 1918. Very good strike. Nice history of Carrara and American Marble. Postal signed by AB Perkins. Includes a biography of PV and AB Perkins.

1910. Rarity-6. Three excellent postmarks. Envelope has been trimmed slightly to fit page. Includes a short history of the area is included. Additiona

Rarity-6. Very good Strike. 1909. Short history of Chafey. Additional pages of research on location, names associated with cover, etc. are included.

Logan (Rarity is a 5. 1909. William Prentiss logger and farmer biographer), Last Frontier Village, Goodsprings, Arden, Henderson (with ID Card for Bas

1893 postal sent from William M. Read. Extensive biography on Read and his connection to Eberhardt. Rarity-9. Poor, but rare, cancel. City:Eberhardt

1913. Stamp used as a received. Rarity-6. Nice strike. Stamp has been cut out. Card about buying rope. Includes a short history of Edgemont included.

Rarity - 6. Partial postmark visible. 1921. Legal size cover. Includes notes on the history of the Nevada Lime & Rock Company. Also, a biography...

1) Tuscarora, 1901. Addressed to US Senator William Stewart asking for post office position. 2) Carlin, 1872. Earliest known Carlin postmark. Very str

Extensive biography of Colonel JB Moore; which the consignor has proven by signatures. Controversial Fort Ruby commander, political controversy, part

Pictorial corner cover+9+ of the Allen Hotel in Wells, Nevada. 1912. Excellent strike. Includes an extensive history of the location, Allen Hotel, Wel

1910. Rarity-5. Very weak strike as a received cancel. Stone House Canyon history. Postcard addressed to Johnson family. J Otis Johnson biography. New

R7. 1882 - early. Postmark on top of stamp making it hard to read. Short history of early Halleck City:Fort Halleck, Elko Co. State:Nevada Date:188

Rarity-6. 1880. Strong middle of postmark, weak right and left sides. Manuscript cancel. history of fort Additional pages of research on location, nam

1877. Magenta. Cover. Nice postmark! Short history of Galena included. City:Galena, Lander Co. State:Nevada Date:1877

Rarity-8. 1910. Extremely light strike. cc needed to help identify postmark. cc of Tonopah Goldfield Trust Co. / Gold Center. Short history of Gold Ce

Rarity-6. Excellent strike. Registered Receipt. Includes a short history of Gold Bar. City:Goldbar, Nye Co. State:Nevada Date:1907

Manuscript cc of Wm H Barney, Goldville, Nevada. Two ephemera contents relating to the closing of the Goldville Post Office. 1) Note from Carlin, Neva

Rarity-6. 1881. Very good strike. 'GR' weak. Double ring. Includes a nice history of Grantsville. City:Grantsville, Nye Co. State:Nevada ...

The first four covers all have ties to a Nevada historical figure. 1) c1870 cover addressed to John Day, Register of the Land Office in Carson City. D

1915. Extremely nice! The town of Hilltop began in 1906 when prospectors found gold quite near an earlier find. Two mines, the Hilltop and Independenc

Rarity-5. 1907. On a postal. Hobson was established in 1898 on the old historic Fort Ruby site. Names include Joseph Tognini rancher and store keeper