Sailor's Correspondence Home During Col War [127641] A box full of correspondence between a sailor on duty and those at home, The letters, both air and standard postage are from and to a "Gob" from various duty stations and ships during the 1950's era of the Cold War. Both covers and letters. Please see photos for more detail and condition. State:California, Date:1950s $300-500 (Image)

Est. $300-500

Wells Fargo & Co. Bodie Postal Cover [147999] Rare postal cover from the Bodie Wells, Fargo & Co. office with return address and postmark. Addressed to S. B. Whitehead, Esq. of San Francisco with green three cent imprinted stamp. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch envelope, with right side torn. State:California. $150-250 (Image)

Est. $150-250

Wells Fargo Philatelic Covers Lot of 3 [146393] Three rare Wells Fargo & Company covers from the 1870s. A) Wells Fargo cover for Dudley Evans, 2nd Vice-President and Manager of Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express, 63 Broadway, New York City. This one has a corner advertisement for the Well Fargo President's Office in San Francisco. 6.25 x 3.5, good condition. B) Wells Fargo cover for the Superintendent of the Silver Hill Mining Company in Virginia City, Nevada. Silver Hill Mining Co. was a major mining company in Nevada. 5.75 x 3.25, good condition. C) Well Fargo cover for Amador Andrews, Manager of Wells Fargo & Co.'s Express in Kansas City, Missouri. This one has a corner advertisement for the Wells Fargo President's Office in San Francisco. 6.25 x 3.5, good condition, unused. State:California, Date:1870s $150-300 (Image)

Est. $150-300

Montana Advertising Postal Cover Collection (35) [146963] Lot of 35 advertising envelopes, all with company names w/addresses in the return address corner of the envelope, a few w/content, most addressed to Montana locales, three blanks/unused. Postmarks from 1876 - 1924. Note: Covers sent from Chase's Pure Old Barley Malt Whisky/Norris, MT as well as Bagdad Shrine Circus/Butte, MT have particularly intricate & colorful corporate designs as does the Butte Street Fair and Carnival cover from 1901 which also includes a promotional letter and pricing flyer from a men's clothing shop. State:Montana. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Montana Postal Cover History Collection (115) [146966] Lot of approx. 115 postal covers with postmarks from 63 different towns in Montana. Many with content. Here are the towns w/cover postmark dates: Alder: 1915/1936/1942; Anaconda: 1941; Augusta: 1906/1906; Bannock City: 1871; Belt: 1903; Big Timber: 1894; Billings: 1892; Blaine: unknown; Boulder: 1898/1914; Boulder Valley: unknown; Box Elder: 1903; Bozeman: 1872/1875/1883 (postcard)/unknown/1932/1939; Butte: 1904/1908/1913; Butte City: 1877/1886/1888/1889/1889/unknown; Cardwell: 1909/1911; Cascade: 1894; Chico: 1896; Dearborn: 1895; Dillon: c. 1890s/1936/1937/1937/1937; Ennis: 1899; Ft. Benton: 1899; Glendale: 1880; Great Falls: 1903/1941 (postcard); Harrison: 1875/1876/1877; Helena: 1881/1887/1888/1888/1889/two c. 1890s; Hodgdon: 1896; Hogan: unknown; Home Park: c. 1900; Jardine: 1903; Jeffers: 1924; Jefferson Lake:1884; LaHood: 1910/1910; Lake McDonald: 1927; Lewistown: 1898/1901/1901/1902; Libby: 1923; Livingston: 1941; Meadow Creek: 1876 (handwritten); Missoula: 1942; Norris: 1891; Pageville: 1910; Polson: 1898; Pony: c. 1880s; Poplar Creek: 1881; Poller Springs: 1907; Radersburg: 1903; Red Bluff: 1879; Red Creek: 1891; Renova: 1910/1910; Sedan: 1913; Sheridan: 1898/1907/1910/1910/1923; Silver: 1895; Silver Star: 1895; Sterling: 1878 (handwritten); Stevensville: 1878 (handwritten); Townsend: 1892/1892; Twin Bridges: 1914/1919/1919/1938; Virginia City: 1877/1880/1881/1882/1911/1934; Walkersville: 1904; Washington Bar: c. 1890; Whitehall: 1901; White Sulphur Springs: 1884/1885/c. 1880s; Willow Creek: 1903; Wisdom: 1936; and Zortman: 1934. State:Montana. $700-1,500 (Image)

Est. $700-1,500

Pony, Montana Cancelled Envelopes (3) [146704] Lot of 3 small mailed envelopes (opened, no contents inside) postmarked Pony, MT from 1877, 1878 and 1880. Two addressed to P W Jackson, Esq, Sterling, Madison County, M.T. (Montana Territory), the 1880 item addressed to P W Jackson, Red Bluff, Mont. All 3 cancelled. Size: +/- 5 1/2" x 2 1/4". Note: the 1877 envelope is hand cancelled (appears handwritten date is A/22/77), VERY RARE. State:Montana. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Magenta Sprucemont Postmark on a Cover [130870] 1889. Rarity-8. Light, but discernable postmark. Magenta postmark and star killer. Short history of Sprucemont. City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1889 $120-200 (Image)

Est. $120-200

Scarce Tobar Postmark [130869] Rarity-7. Good magenta strike with 4 bar killer, but light. 1918. Manuscript cc of Bull's Head Mining Company. Includes a short history of Tobar. City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1918 $120-180 (Image)

Est. $120-180

Summit Cover - Only One Known-Unique! [130876] 1908. Rarity-10. Lighter strike, but very strong. Postcard. Includes a history of Summit City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1908 $500-1,000 (Image)

Est. $500-1,000

Clover City, Elko Cover [130874] 1920. Rarity-8. Excellent strike. Legal size cover. Corner cover of the Bull's Head Mining Company. Stamped on cover is "Post Office / Clover City, Nevada / Express & W. P. R. R. Office / Tobar, Nevada." Includes a short history of Clover City (Tobar), Notes on the Bull's Head Mine (Ada H Mining Company). City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1920 $150-300 (Image)

Est. $150-300

Manuscript Good Hope Cover [130879] Letter includes, "Gray, the Paradise murderer, will stretch the rope May 22nd"." Other news of mining in the area, ""they had some rock assayed from the Ohio Mine which ran as follows...No. 3 $334...." "We have nearly ten tons of ore ready for sacking". "Mrs. B died April 7th 1 AM and was buried at Silver Creek near JW's [Jessie Winters]". The research on the murder includes seventeen reprints from local Reno papers. One of three known Good Hope covers. 1887. Great content in the letter. Includes a history go Good Hope using several letters and historical references! City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1887 $300-600 (Image)

Est. $300-600

Military Related Cornucopia Cover [130878] Military postal history. Corner Cover Stamps "Office A. A. Q. M. / Official Business / Fort Klamath / Oregon." Note on back is from the Acting Assistant Quartermaster on behalf of Captain Robert Pollack. Extensive background information on Captain Pollack who seems to be in and out of Nevada during the Indian troubles. Camp Pollack in Washoe County was named for him. Short history on Cornucopia. Earliest known Cornucopia postmark - used to return the envelope to Fort Klamath. 1877. Rarity-9 (less than five known). Good strike. GREAT PIECE! City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1877 $300-600 (Image)

Est. $300-600

Sherman, Strong Postmark [130873] 1907. Rarity-7. Excellent strike. Short history of Sherman and short biography of C. Baalman the sender (Diamond Valley miner, vice president of the Diamond Peak Gold & Copper Company, partner with Wedekind of Reno). City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1907 $150-300 (Image)

Est. $150-300

Stoifel Cover, Rarity 9 [130875] Earliest non-manuscript cancel. 1891. Rarity-9. Good strike. Includes the interesting tale of the six-toed Chinaman (Chinese) and his connection to the town of Stoifel and Walter Stoifel. Cover is addressed to a Stoifel back east, and from Walter Stoifel for whom the post office was named? History of Stofiel and its founder Walter Stofiel included. City:Elko Co. State:Nevada, Date:1891 $300-600 (Image)

Est. $300-600

Elko Co. Remainder [130884] Lot of 20. 1) Rarity-8 Fairlawn. 1894. Very good strike over 1892 Columber 2 cent entire. 2) Bauvard, 1906, to Germany with one green 1.c and two red 2c stamps. RARE doane to Europe. 3) 1911 Gold Creek. 4) 1915 Tacoma. 5) 1907 Cobre. 6) 1907 doane Bullion on Reno postcard - used as a received mark. 7) Wild Horse 1945. 8) Mountain City 1916. 9) Lamoille 1919. 10) Toana 1905. 11) 1888 Wells on Postal. 12) Skelton 1908. 13) White Rock 1917. 14) 1882 Wells postal card from the discoverer of the Muncie Roller Skate.15) Light Currie 1909 used as received. To Charles Sproule, Nevada newspaperman. 1872 Reese River Reveille included. 16) 1906 Ruby Valley used on package tag. 17) Wilkins 1955. 18) Halleck 1887. Addressed to Bancroft Co. Probably from JR Bradley rancher. His Reno business card is included. 19) Shafter 1911 with sort letter. 20) Contact 1913. City:Elko Co. Group Co. State:Nevada, Date:1887-1945 $120-240 (Image)

Est. $120-240

Alpha Blue, Double Ring Postmark [143485] Rarity-7.1882. Extremely nice strike. On postal. Used for correspondence with Mr. Hoskins for his award winning new, small Hoskin Assay Furnace. Note on reverse confirms this! History of the Charcoal War in Eureka just after the Charcoal War. City:Eureka Co. State:Nevada, Date:1882 $150-200 (Image)

Est. $150-200

Eureka & Lander Co. Remainder w/ R-7 Alpha Strong blue star killer [143487] Lot of twelve. 1) Alpha. August 28, 1879. Early. Rare six cent entire to Italy. Star in circle cancel. Blue. Almost surely written by a coal burner from Italy. 2) Palisade, 1902. To Theodore Clark with bio. 3) Tonkin 1909. Sent to Damele with bio. 4) Romano 1913. 5) Beowawe 1885. Addressed to Desert Crystal Salt Work, White Pains, C. P. R. R. 6) Prospect 1911. 7) Dunphy 1920. History of Dunphy and interesting bio on Mr. Dunphy. 8) Birch 1921. Notes on Birch and recipient William Cox. 9) 1893. Nearly perfect Eureka strike, Fancy cancel on reverse. Peter Breen biography (V&T brakeman, lawyer, defended the International Workers of the World in their Tonopah Strike). 10) 1874, good strike, addressed from AC Ellis of Carson City. 11) 1877. Eureka strike. Very Interesting letter from Judges Chambers of Henry Rivas, White Pine County, Hamilton. Hamilton is crossed out and Eureka handwritten. Eureka County obviously had been combined with White Pine County at that time. Sent to F Huffaker. Biographies on Huffaker and Rivas. 12) 1903. cc from FJ Brossemer of Eureka. Sent to Howard Mulcahy. Interesting Mulcahy bio. City:Eureka Co. State:Nevada, Date:1875-1920 $180-300 (Image)

Est. $180-300

Pine Station Postmark R-10 [143486] Pine Station had an active post office from May 7, 1886, to February 14, 1888. In his search for Nevada Postmarks, Gamett has rated this a "10" meaning there are fewer than three found. This was the later of the two he listed. It is a bold octagon strike with date. It has a fancy target chain cancel. Sent to Booth & Company in Sacramento. Booth and Company (Newton Booth was an entrepreneur and United States Senator) was a large grocery outlet. Has a receiving back stamp. Center discoloration. Very fine! History of Pine Station as a stop on the Eureka and Palisade Railroad included. City:Eureka Co. State:Nevada, Date:October 21, 1887 $500-1,000 (Image)

Est. $500-1,000

White Postmark, Earliest Known [143484] Less than 5 known [Gamett & Nelson]. 1895. Very Scared Rarity-9. Cancel very good. Four one cent stamps used for postage. Trimmed at left. Short history on White. City:Eureka Co. State:Nevada, Date:1895 $260-400 (Image)

Est. $260-400

Manuscript Postmark, Dun Glen- Only One Known! [130897] This is the only known manuscript postmark and earliest Dun Glen postmark found by Gamett & Nelson. 1866. Manuscript parallel line cancel. Sent to New York. Has original enclosure. From a mining superintendent that is arriving to take over a mine. "... can fill the office of superintendent and financial agent both, there is no necessity of two parties being employed at great expense when one like him can fill both." "We will be ruined if a little money is not sent in a few days..." Very fine and choice early Nevada postmark! Dun Glen was among the earliest settled places in Humboldt County and scene of the 1865 and 1867 Native American uprisings. Additional pages of research on location, names associated with cover, etc. are included. City:Humboldt Co. State:Nevada, Date:1866 $160-350 (Image)

Est. $160-350

Second earliest Camp McDermitt Postmark; Includes Letter [130889] 1871. Rarity-10. Middle of postmark is struck but right and left are not struck. OFFICIAL BUSINESS has been crossed out. Manuscript cancel. Short history of Camp McDermitt. The letter is not in English, but one can decipher mention of Willistan Battery. Sent from hospital steward Frances Dressler. The hospital steward's description and responsibilities are found in The Hospital Steward's Manual (1862). The steward was chosen from the ranks or from outside the unit in civilian life. He had to be age 18 to 35 and was appointed to that title by the Secretary of War. He was given the rank just above first sergeant. ?Hospital stewards answered to the surgeon-in-charge. Once appointed, they stayed in that position for the duration of their enlistment terms. The Manual states that the hospital steward "must have sufficient practical knowledge of pharmacy to enable him to take exclusive charge of the dispensary acquainted with such points of minor surgery as the application of bandages and dressings. Francis Tresselt first appears in the official records on July 1, 1871 when he is made a "hospital steward" and assigned to the Department of California. He was given this position as a civilian. On August 18, 1871 he reports to Camp McDermitt under the command of Colonel Wagner of the 2nd Artillery. He would be reassigned to Camp Grant in Arizona on April 8, 1872. He would serve as a hospital steward until 1876. Other forts he served at included Fort Shaw and Fort Benton in Montana. City:Humboldt Co. State:Nevada, Date:1871 $150-400 (Image)

Est. $150-400

Manuscript North's Ranch Postmark with letter on cc cover [130891] Rarity-9. 1891. Second Earliest. History of the name from Haas (Reno Evening Gazette referred to it as Haasville) to North's Ranch. Addressed to Minnie Haas. Has a GH Shallenberger corner advertising with a GN Hallenberger letterhead. From PVS (Philander P Sanders). Extensive research has been done to prove this name. Extensive detective work put together this story. Sanders was a worker on the Haas Ranch and eventually ended up marrying the daughter. Includes a short biography of Haas, Sanders, and Shallenberger City:Humboldt Co. State:Nevada, Date:1891 $150-300 (Image)

Est. $150-300

Bannock Postmark, Earliest & Only Known Manuscript [130988] Only known Bannock manuscript postmark. Rarity-8. Short history of Bannock. City:Lander Co. State:Nevada, Date:1910 $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Clifton Cover with Unique Round Circle / Square Date [144076] Territorial. 1863. Rarity-8. Very good strike. History of Clifton Included. Addressed to R. P. Wilcox. He wrote a scarce and privately published reminiscence of the California Gold Rush. City:Lander Co. State:Nevada, Date:1863 $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Lander Postmark on Cover -Nice! [130992] R-7. Known postmarks are all from a three week period. Has three nice strikes on a trimmed large postal envelope. Looks nice at this size. History of Lander is included. City:Lander Co. State:Nevada, Date:1907 $150-250 (Image)

Est. $150-250