Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Straight line Sprucemont post mark. There is no evidence of a stamp or cancel, so it was probably delivered unofficially by stage coach. There is a fa

Two postal covers, one to L. Kirschbraum, Esq., Fin. Secty B'nai B'rith Lodge, Virginia City, NV. The postal stamps are from Guatemala and S...

Lot of 19. A group of postcards and covers with eastern Nevada postmarks. City: State: Nevada, Date: 1916/60 FHWAC#: 25

Lot of 13. A group of postcards and covers with southern Nevada postmarks. City: State: Nevada, Date: 1909/41 FHWAC#: 2

Lot of 18. A group of postcards and covers with western Nevada postmarks. City: State: Nevada, Date: 1910/59 FHWAC#: 25

22 covers - may with contents. 1) 1903 North Fork. Weak, but definite strike on cover. Letter asks if Mr. Marker has sold all of his hay. 2) Another w

Lot of three. 1) Cover (no contents) from Philadelphia to H.S. Beck in Virginia City in 1895. Philadelphia cancel. Beck was a furniture dealer. 2) Ill

1) 1900 Reno cover from C. P. Ferrel. Corner Advertising says Stock, draft and driving horses. Ferrel would become Reno's sheriff in 1904 and ho...

Two similar envelopes with different cancels. Both show an air mail plane over Guantanamo Bay. One is February 13, 1939 from Bahai de Guantanamo,. Ve

A six cover collection of Express Hildago Franco En La Rebublica Mexicana. Included are several reprints of magazine articles about these covers.

Lot of four. 1) Manila, Philippines. Year not readable. Stamped 'Via Clipper.' 2) San Francisco, February 5, 1939. Picture of the China Clip...

Lot of ten, some pictorial. Includes: Maiden Voyage of S.S. Ancon (1939 pictorial),Maiden Voyage of S.S. Examiner (1942 pictorial), Golden Gate Expo.

Five philatelic proofs showing various postal stamps about the Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg. City: State: , Date: 1970-1977 FH

Lot of 8. 1) Union New York cover c.1861. 2) Liberty and Union w/ allegorical woman draped in flag. 3) Eagle on American shield (1885). 4) 1900 with f

36 covers, many illustrated. Includes: Hindenburg cover issued from Germany in 1936, many presidential related (JFK memorials, FDR memorial, Washingto

1) Hindenburg at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst N. J. Third flight. June 22, 1938. After the Hindenburg accident. 2) German. "Via 'Von Hinden...

14 different, most illustrated. Includes: illust. Fairbanks & Co. (famous gold scales); Hercules Powder Co., illust. Pan. American Expo. 1901; i...

1) Wrangell, Alaska, 1940 on Alaska-United States advertising cover. Small photo of the plane used. "Souvenir of the inauguration of Air Mail S...

Lot of 7 items. Includes: two copies of the Official Guide, Souvenir Program and Picture Book (8.5" x 5.75", 84 pages w/ black and white p...

Lot of 6 items from this exposition held in San Diego meant to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. It was a simultaneous celebration with th

25 stereoviews from B.W. Kilburn, with some duplicates. 12 different views. The best two in the lot are: No. 9660, 49 Camp Miners as they work; and No

Three different illustrated covers. 1) 3.5" x 5.5", mailed to Oroville, San Francisco stamp May 19, 1894. Oroville cancel on reverse. Lith...

Lot of 21. Includes: three 8" x 10" photos of rooms at the expo. hospital; four 6.5" x 8.5" photographs/drawings of the expo. st...

Lot of four different. 1) 30 page Welsh Eisteddfod Program for events July 27-30, 1915. An eisteddfod is a Welsh festival of literature, art, and musi

Lot of 225 postcards including duplicates. The vast majority are unused. Postcards fall into four categories: 1) mostly chrome, no border with white c

Official Souvenir of Ground Breaking by President William H. Taft for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Prepared by Lo

Lot of 13 brochures and other promotional ephemera. Includes: illustrated cover and brochure for the Inside Inn, the only motel on the expo. grounds;

Lot of 9. 1) Two used lettersheets and cover for '49 Camp Appeal, letter written 1915. Photograph of structure upper left corner. 4 pages of wri...

Rare! Softcover with stapled binding. Cover has photograph of S.S. Ancon passing the Continental Divide, August 15, 1914. The booklet is stamped &qu...

Approximately 86 different Keystone View Company stereoviews for the 1915 World's Fair in San Francisco. Numbers start with 17715 and end with 1...

Fifteen different plus 4 Keystone duplicates (see other lot of 86 Keystone). Nearly all don't have a photographer identified. Includes: Court of...

Brass. 1.25" diameter. Obverse has raised vignette of ships in bay next to sky scrapers. Around the rim: Panama Pacific International Expositio...

Stamped "Official Souvenir." Panama Pacific International Exposition. Back of watch engraved with a mythical figure, ships, mountains, etc...

Top pin has P.P.I.E. for the Panama Pacific International Exposition that took place in San Francisco in 1915. Hanging from this pin is a medal in the

Hundreds of items of all types for the 1939-1940 Golden Gate Exposition held in San Francisco. The expo. celebrated the completion of three structures

32 pages with many illustrations. Published by the Real Estate Exchange of Colorado. R.G. Dill, Book and Job Printer, Denver. Discusses many aspects t

First place premium for September 12-18, 1909.16" long. Button says "The Greatest Annual Fair and Exposition on Earth, Denver." Cit...

Varied group. Please inspect. Includes: two page list of shareholders on World's Exposition of 1892 lettersheet; three illustrated cards (3.25&q...

Seven different. 1) "Photo-gravures of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago," A. Wittemann, 1893, 12 different views. 2) "...

Four different. 1) Red hardcover. "World's Columbian Exposition Chicago" book with accordion style fold-out high quality illustrations...

Very decorative. This is the best set of the few postcard lots we are offering. 15 total, 14 different. Colorful. Unused. Printed by Charles W. Goldsm

13 total, 12 different. Our second set of these very artistic official souvenir postcards. Woman's Building, Horticultural Building, Electrical,...

Four different cabinet cards of the fairgrounds. Good contrast and detail. All are marked "Coover Chicago." Views of: the Agricultural Bui...

Colorado Gold Mining, Midway Plaisance, World's Fair. Three page pamphlet discusses an exhibit at the expo.: an Automatic Model of a mine create...

Lot of 50 postcards. Four different categories: 11 used official souvenir Goldsmith cards (five with World's Fair cancel), 23 duplicate of the ...

17 total, six different types. Includes: Children's Special Ticket (May 1st-Oct. 30), four for Manhattan Day w/ Statue of Liberty vignette (Oct....

Lot of 13 different colorful trade cards. Most are California. Includes: Hutchison & Sanborn (Oakland) (5 different); Johnson's Restaurant (...

1) A silk patch with an engraving of the Machinery Hall. In matte, measures 5" x 7." 2) 20" x 20" silk handkerchief with etching...

Two albums. The World's Columbian Exposition, Official Views issued by the Department of Photography. Over 100 Plates of photos of the Expo. She...

Includes: a "Snap Shots" photo album (6.5" x 9") that is a mixture of professional and personal pictures (34) from one family...

Five Expo souvenirs. Two souvenir admission tickets (World's Columbian Expo. 1893 and a Century of Progress 1934) and three souvenir token piece...

Attractive piece! 10.75" long. Pink floral centerpiece with brown text. Some soiling present. This World's Fair was also known as the World...

The Exposition Herald, published by The World in Boston, January 1911. 58 pages plus advertisements. "America's First Great Missionary Expo...

Varied group of 20+ items. Includes: Official Universal Exposition Photo-Gravures. Softcover, string bound. The Official Photographic Co. Includes 47

Very attractive ribbon with red tassel. 7.5" long. Blue, red and green text with a vignette of George Dewey. This event was known as the Greate...

Lot of 5 items from the 1898 World's Fair in Omaha that celebrated the development of the whole West, from the Mississippi to the Pacific Coast....

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Lot of 3: sterling silver spoon from Carson City; Comstock Carnival pin from Virginia, Nevada; and a Nevada Day pin from the Pan Pacific International

13 items from the 1901 World's Fair in Buffalo. Buffalo competed with Niagara Falls to host. The fair saw the use of a/c current, the x-ray mach...

Rare. 15 pages. Program for the President's Day celebration at the Pan-American Exposition, for Thursday, Sept. 5, 1901. McKinley was fatally sh...

Lot of 22 items, including: a complete set (54) of poster stamps; 12 different booklets and pamphlets advertising the fair and specific exhibits (such

Lot of 5. From the 1965 World's Fair in New York: illustrated 1964 cover, two copies of a booklet containing 14 official views (in color), and a...

A souvenir pamphlet from the Exposition Post Office of the 1883 Cincinnati Industrial Exposition. Blue paper, four pages. 8.25" x 5.25" Di...

Lot of 23 items from this exposition, not technically a World's Fair, that celebrated the 100th anniversary of Lewis & Clark. The motto of t...

Lot of ten items. This group of fabulous collectibles comes from the first World's Fair held in the United States. Officially named the Internat...

Lot of 11 items. Includes: an official daily program and guide (Nov. 26 & 27, 1926) (31 pages), a small booklet titled "Little Glimpses of ...

Three items from this World's Fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of Texas's independence from Mexico. 1) "Dallas, 1936" 16 pag...

The official photo-filled program from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. Celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the Exposition w

Eight items from the A.Y.P.E. which was held June 1-October 16, 1909. 3.7 million people attended this World's Fair that celebrated the developm...

Gold Camp / Saloon / Dance Hall / Gambling / House // Souvenir / AYP / 1909. Token from the Alaska Gold Rush "camp" built in the expo. Fab...

Pocket Souvenir piece from the AYP Expo held in Seattle in 1909. HK-365. Brass. U.S. Governmint Building. Heavy wear. City: Seattle State:

Nice variety! 21 colorful illustrated stamps from the 1897 International Exposition held in Brussels from May 10, 1897 through November 8, 1897. Twent

6 pieces. Angels Camp did their part during the war! City: Angels Camp State: California, Date: FHWAC#: 11368

Autograph document signed, a special order assigning a surgeon to the Escort of the Commission to Establish the U.S./ Mexico boundary at the conclusio

An historical sketch of the Denver City Troop including its services at (1) Leadville, Colorado and (2) as Troop B of the U. S. Cavalry during the Spa

Six pictorial checks from the United States Depository in Denver. 1) Eagle vignette at left. January 30, 1886. Sam P. Barber is getting paid $52. Blue

Paper pamphlet, light gray cover ((9" x 5.75") 8 pp.In the Matter of Major W. S. Peabody, A Post Trader at Fort Lewis, Colorado, written b...

President Arthur is asking to $40,000 to complete a new post at Fort Lewis. Three pages and a fold out map of the new fort with two archetectural draw

Embracing an historical sketch of the movements and operations of the regiment since organization. Roster of its present Officers, Field, Staff and Li

Small pamphlet (5.5" x 3.75"). The organization was known as "Company G, Second Battalion, Colorado National Guard" and by the i...

The Manila Expedition. Regimental Roster of Officers, First Colorado Infantry., edited by Frank R. Neville, photographs by J. H. Bratt of The Wave Pub

The Spanish-American War (1898) was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.

Fort Shaw established in 1867 on the Sun River. Fort Benton established in 1846 on the Missouri River was 70 miles east of Fort Shaw and considered t

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Drum is from the 26th Service Battalion. The drum has the motto: 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' (mean...

Handbill is in great condition with light fold marks. It states: "Soldiers of the Mexican War or their Widows, are entitled to Pension at the r...

Baxter Springs as a Military Post. Written From Memory By The Only Man Who Was Sent There At All times When The U.S. Troops Occupied The Place. Hugh L

About 15 letters and several are from his brother. David Reynolds, better known as General David Reynolds, was born Christmas Day, 1814, in Washington

$5,000. Seven per cent Bond to pay for enlisted volunteer Union Soldiers, Dated 14th March, 1865 and signed by Charles Godfrey Gunther, Mayor of New Y

Four pieces that tell the story of one Civil War soldier, L.D. Fletcher. 1) Medal is 1.5" diameter. Obverse: an allegorical woman placing a wre...

Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by L.N. Rosenthal, a lithographer in Philadelphia. Caption reads: "Camp Union/ Col. Jno. ...

General U. S. Grant's siege of Vicksburg began March 29 and ended with the Confederate surrender July 4, 1863, the day after the battle of Getty...

Civil War Soldier memorabilia. Agustus Needham served in Company "B", 29th regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry. Included here are records o...

8" x 5". Good contrast. Photograph shows Ulysses S. Grant monument. Reverse has pencil notations indicating that this monument was erecte...

Grand Army of the Republic ribbon. In Memoriam U. S. Grant Post No. 5, Philadelphia, Penn. Grant died in 1885. From Needham Collection City: P

During the American Civil War, both the Union and the Confederate side relayed heavily on volunteers for the war effort. The first call for reenlistme

Six different illustrated envelopes: "Jeff Davis/ His Marque" (pirate flag); "Jeff's Knave-y. / Seven wise men of Gotham went to ...

One handbill addresses Soldiers', widows and minor orphan children rights to Homesteads, about a pending bill in congress. The other is from the...

Three unused, pictorial, political Civil War envelopes: "Jeff. and His Pet" (crazy looking man confronting a snake); "Death or Victor...

Lot of 4 unused: Union Vermont; General Scott; American flag; and "Remember Ellsworth!" Each measures 3." x 5.5" with minor wrin...

Lot of 2. 1) CDV size sketch portrait of Abraham Lincoln published by The New York Photographic Co., No. 453 Broadway, New York. Has dates of his birt