[California] ELKS' PARADE R.P.O., LOS ANGELES, CAL., TR. 99, well-struck purple "RMS" duplex, Jul 16, 1909, ties a 1¢ green (331) on a picture postcard to San Francisco; picture is an ostrich farm in So. Pasadena, Cal.; small mounting abrasion at lower left, otherwise Very Fine and quite rare,
As part of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks' parade in Los Angeles on July 16, 1909, the Post Office supplied an R.P.O. car and staffed it with members of the local Railway Post Office Clerks' Association. The cancellation, therefore, was in use for only one day. Suggested Bid $400-600 (Image)
Suggested Bid $400-600
Opening US$ 250.00
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Sale No: 5108
Lot No: 8069
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Cat No: UX5
[California] S. P. C. R. R./SANTA CLARA, choice double circle datestamp, Aug 26, 1880, on a 1¢ postal card (UX5) canceled with a Santa Clara post office duplex of the same date; to San Jose; back is a South Pacific Coast Railroad parcel receipt form for a "Car of Wood", Fine. A gorgeous example of this previously unrecorded South Pacific Coast station agent's marking. Towle 985-S-? Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
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Sale No: 5108
Lot No: 8075
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Cat No: 1896
[Illinois] CHI. ILL. CLARK ST. & LINC. AVE., R.P.O., TR.1, virtually complete Streetcar c.d.s., Apr 30 (1896), on a locally addressed 1¢ postal card (UX9), Very Fine. Towle CH-2-a, RF VIII. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
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Lot No: 8085
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Cat No: 220
[Massachusetts] Three different R.P.O. markings on a Special Delivery cover, Newport & Springfield, St. Albans & Boston, and Boston & Troy transit backstamps on a small 1891 cover from Granby to Montague, Mass., franked with a 2¢ carmine (220) and a 10¢ Special Delivery (E1); also bearing South Bradley and Montague backstamps; reduced slightly at the right, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 160.00
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Lot No: 8087
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Cat No: 231
[Michigan] MARQUETTE & BESSEMER, R.P.O.,WEST, Very Fine c.d.s., Sep 10, 1894, with a cork-canceled 2¢ Columbian (231) on a Hotel Marquette fancy corner card cover to Geneva, N.Y. and backstamped there on Sep 12; reduced somewhat at the right, bottom edge lightly toned, otherwise Very Fine. An underrated marking, Ex-Towle and apparently the listing example. Towle 638-J-1, RF IV. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
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Lot No: 8102
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Cat No: 11A
[New York] N-YORK & N-HAVEN R.R., excellent strike of a Jul 19 c.d.s. ties a 3-margin 3¢ dull red (11A) on a neat cover to Danbury, Ct.; slightly soiled, stamp extends beyond bottom edge of cover, otherwise Very Fine. Towle 70-D-1, RF VIII. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 250.00
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Lot No: 8103
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[New York] N. Y. O. & W. RY./MT. UPTON, N.Y., bold boxed datestamp, Dec 22, 1919, on a Christmas picture postcard to Norwich, N.Y., Very Fine. An unlisted New York, Ontario & Western Railway station agent's marking. Towle Unlisted, 121-S-? Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 75.00
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Lot No: 8106
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[New York] S.Mt. M.& L.G.R.R., Mt McGREGOR, nice strike of a blue double-circle datestamp, Jul 14, 1890 (date slug inverted) on a pretty illustrated advertising cover for the Hotel Balmoral in Mt. McGregor; franked with a 2¢ carmine (220) with a neat star-in-circle cancel; reduced somewhat at the right, otherwise Very Fine, Ex-Towle, the listing example and illustrated in U.S. Route and Station Agent Markings, page 316. Towle 107-S-1, RF VIII. Suggested Bid $250-350 (Image)
Suggested Bid $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
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Sale No: 5108
Lot No: 8107
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Cat No: 1858
[New York, Vermont] TROY & RUTLAND R.R., perfectly struck c.d.s., Jan 28 (1858) ties a 3¢ dull red (26) on pristine folded letter to South Windham, Ct., Extremely Fine. Towle 40-A-2, RF VII. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
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Lot No: 8108
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Cat No: 114
[North Carolina] SALEM BR R.R., mostly clear blue Mar 13 c.d.s. with matching quartered cork cancel barely tying a 3¢ Pictorial (114) on an illustrated advertising cover for the MaDoo House hotel, Greensboro; reduced slightly at the right with a bit of very light toning, Fine to Very Fine. Towle 325-A-1, RF V. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
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Sale No: 5108
Lot No: 8114
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Cat No: UX9
[Ohio] OHIO SOUTHERN, AUG 21 1889, BETHESDA., Very Fine blue boxed station agent's handstamp on the reverse of a 1¢ postal card (UX9) from Buckskin, O. to South Salem, O. with partial c.d.s.'s of both towns on the front; minor crease, Fine to Very Fine. A pretty, unlisted station agent's marking, Ex-Towle. Towle Unlisted. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 75.00
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Lot No: 8115
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Cat No: 10
[Ohio] "S.M & N RR.O. July 25", penciled postmark with matching manuscript cancel tying a three-margined 3¢ orange brown (10) with exceptional color on an 1857 folded letter to Sandusky City, O.; vertical file fold, stamp with small faults, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. A scarce marking of the Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Railroad and a first-month usage of the 3¢ orange brown. Towle 567-M-1, RF VI. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
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Sale No: 5108
Lot No: 8116
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Cat No: 11A
[Ohio] SANDUSKY & NEWARK R.R., bold strike of an Oct 5 c.d.s. ties a four-margined 3¢ claret (11A) on a neat cover to Columbus, O.; flap with a green embossed, cameo-style Mansfield & Sandusky City Railroad Co. Sup'ts. Office corner card; opening tears in flap affecting corner card, otherwise Very Fine. Towle 567-C-1, RF VII. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00
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Sale No: 5108
Lot No: 8119
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Cat No: 158
[Pennsylvania] P. C. & St. L. Ry./HANLIN'S PENN/STATION", light but mostly clear hexagonal boxed datestamp, Jan 7, 1875, with a pen-canceled 3¢ green (158) on a small cover to Claysville, Pa.; includes original three-page letter datelined "Hanlins Sta."; reduced slightly at the right and somewhat soiled, Fine, Ex-Towle Ex-Towle. A previously unrecorded Hanlin Station, Pa. route agent's marking on the Pittsburgh Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway (561-S-?). Towle Unlisted. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 90.00
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Lot No: 8130
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[Vermont] SUTHERLAND FALLS/R. & B. R. R., Very Fine oval, Jan 26, 1866, with manuscript "free" on a pristine cover to Vermont Senator, Justin S. Morrill in Washington D.C., Extremely Fine, Ex-Towle. Towle 41-S-12, RF VII. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 75.00
Sold...US$ 75.00
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Sale No: 5108
Lot No: 8135
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Cat No: R. R.
[Wyoming Territory] UNION PACIFIC (R. R.)/ROCK CREEK., mostly complete blue c.d.s., Dec 20, 1876, cancels a 1¢ postal card (UX5) to Middleboro, Mass, Very Fine. Apparently the listing example. Towle 932-S-3, RF VII. Suggested Bid $200-300 (Image)
Suggested Bid $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Jul-12-2020, 21:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 8136
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Cat No: U311
[Wyoming] U.P.SYSTEM, GRANITE CANON, WYO., blue six-line handstamp, Aug 2, 1894, on a 2¢ green entire (U311) with a light target cancel, to Springfield, Ill. and backstamped there on Aug 4, Very Fine. A rare, unlisted Union Pacific marking. Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
Suggested Bid $150-200
Opening US$ 75.00
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Lot No: 8137
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Cat No: 212
[Wyoming] WEND. & CHEYENNE, R.P.O., SOUTH, nice c.d.s., Jun 20, 1889, on a cover franked with a cork-canceled pair of 2¢ ultramarine (212), to Greeley, Colo. and backstamped there the next day; small damp stain at the upper left, otherwise Very Fine. Unlisted by the U.S.R.P.O. Catalog.,
"Wend." is Wendover, the terminus of the short-lived (1886-90) Cheyenne & Northern Railway. In 1890 it was absorbed by the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway . Suggested Bid $150-200 (Image)
