United States Postal History Collections California & Western Postal History
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3429
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
California Modern Postal History Hoard. Large holding of thousands mostly arranged by Scott #'s and identified in slips in four large boxes; mainly covers from 1995-2021 with a smaller group from 1928-80's; includes one box of regular size covers, two boxes of legal size covers and one with oversized covers, many unusual, combination & large frankings, commemorative items, interesting usages, etc., ideal for a California modern postal exhibit collection; worth a look. Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 20.00
Sold...US$ 20.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:11:15 EST
Sold For 20
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3430
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
(California) Shasta County Postal History Collection. On money receipts, money order advices, registered receipts, insurance receipts, and the like. Some town duplications, but generally different types within each town, mostly small towns, such as Baird, Coram, Taylor, SI3, Stella SI5, Fielding and Hart SI6, some of which now sleep below the waters of Lake Shasta, but also some larger towns such as Redding, with a variety of different cancels. All in sound collectible condition, on pages, and in a binder. Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:11:35 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3431
Symbol:California Town Cancels. Lot of 72 covers & entires with various California towns, many are San Francisco, most are late 19th century or early 20th, but some earlier are present, best item is an integral 40¢ rate cover from San Francisco to New York (Very Fine), balance is in mixed condition, please inspect. Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 170.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:11:58 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3432
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
California Townmark Collection, 1940-60's. About 375 #6 envelopes, all addressed to Owen Wade, former postmaster of Colton, Oregon, most bearing small town handstamps such as four-bars or duplexes, but a very few machine cancels, cancel dates range between the late 40's into the mid 60's, and many are PM-signed last day usages, mostly different but also some duplicates. Many are "recent" discontinued post offices, such as Copco, Corriganville, Death Valley Junction, Linnell, Loftus, Minersville, stations are also represented, such as Agua Caliente Springs, Aranbee, Big Basin, Briceland, Fernbridge, Gorman, Iowa Hill, Nipinnawassee, McKinleyville, Miracle Hot Springs, Olinda, Pulga, Sawyers Bar, there are no issues of condition. Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Apr-27-2025, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3433
Symbol:San Francisco Advertising Covers. Approximately 100 or so covers in three albums; mostly turn of the century but doe includes 1860 Wells Fargo shaded ad usage, nice variety of ads with some overseas and registered usages, some illustrated items, etc.; worth review. Estimate; $250 - 350. US$250-350
Est. $250-350
Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:13:22 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3434
Symbol:Wells, Fargo & Co. Group Lot. Lot of 26 covers (mainly 3¢ entire all additionally franked with 1861 3¢ rose, however a few are Wells, Fargo & Co. usage franked with only 1861 3¢), one is a legal size paste up from Virginia City, N.T., condition is rough, however a few nice covers are included, please see our website for images. Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3435
Symbol:Montana R.P.O. Cancellations, 1890-1940's. Group of over 50 items; many nice R.P.O. cds strikes including Butte & Seattle R.P.O. E.D., Harlowtown & Great Falls R.P.O., Miles City & Spok. R.P.O. "Tr 2" and "Tr 4" cds's, Misssoula & Wallace R.P.O. "West 3", Whitehall & Alder R.P.O., St. P. & Spok. R.P.O. "Tr 3" & "Tr 8" cds's, exceptional Aberdeen & Miles City, R.P.O. Tr. 5 strike, etc., few other misc. items including Rail Business cover and early 1880 illustrated locomotive merchant check with "Terminus U.& N. R. W'y., Montana", etc., also includes the N.H.P.O.S. RPO Handbook - Volume I. Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 90.00
Sold...US$ 90.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:14:13 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3436
Symbol:Nevada Towns. Small lots of 12 covers with Nevada town postmarks and nine incoming covers to Nevada, most are late 19th century, mixed condition. Estimate; $100 - 150. US$100-150
Est. $100-150
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:14:31 EST
Sold For 100
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3437
Symbol:Washington State Postal History - Southeastern Counties. Adams, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin. Hay, Effie, White Bluffs, Covello, Snake River. About 1,250 items. Estimate; $200 - 300. US$200-300
Est. $200-300
Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 180.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:14:52 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3438
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
Stampless Postmark Cover Collection. Of approximately 1,000 covers from various states housed in binders with a nice array of towns throughout; includes section of over 300 Ohio covers, 160 Virginia, 160 Connecticut, 160 New Hampshire, over 70 North Carolina usages, over 50 Louisiana with half from New Orleans, some Albany, N.Y. straightlines and other early, 18th & early 19th Boston with a few others; worth proper review. Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. US$2,000-3,000
Est. $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 6,000.00
Sold...US$ 6,000.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:16:00 EST
Sold For 6000
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3439
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
Transatlantic Stampless Cover Collection. Of approximately 250 covers on stockpages in five binders; wide array of usage including some incoming usages including India, early England Ship Letter usages, 1848 Puerto Rico to N.Y. with Boyd's Express handstamp for local delivery, Ship Agent marking, 1863 Shanghai, China to Boston usages, a whole host of markings and rate, ship endorsements, etc.; condition varied with some nice usages throughout, inspection highly recommended. Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. US$1,500-2,000
Est. $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 2,900.00
Sold...US$ 2,900.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:18:05 EST
Sold For 2900
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3440
Symbol:United States Advertising Covers. 207 mostly used advertising covers from the first half of the twentieth century (1900-1940); lots of interesting advertising; generally Very Fine. Estimate; $400 - 600. US$400-600
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:18:44 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3441
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
(Expositions) Brockton (Mass.) Fair Postal History Collection. A wonderful collection of picture postcards, illustrated ad covers and a host of other ephemera items neatly displayed and written-up in two large binders; with approximately 180 picture postcards illumination various aspects of the fair as well and a series of beautiful women and horse illustrated advertising cards (lithos. from artist Chas. W. Holmes) and other related, includes real-photo card of President Taft visiting the fair in 1911 with other Taft related cards including additional visit to the fair in 1912, host of birds-eye view of the fair, Equestrian related views including horse races, real-photo parade views, nice section of Knabenshue's Airship and Grahme-White Biplane cards including scarce real-photos, also 1909 & 1910 balloon ascension cards, etc., covers mostly fair adverting from 1892 on including patriotic with flag (endorsed "Balloon"), unused postal wrapper, Columbian entires and illustrated horse & horse racing related advertising cover from 1899 on through to 1919 (some unused), ephemera items including scores of contemporary newspaper articles, tickets, fair books, early photographs depicting trapeze artists, etc.; a wonderful collection and ideal for further continuation. Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
Gun Company Letterheads. Group of 12 different letters including some multicolored illustrated designs like Peters Cartridge with Peacock design, Dupont showing Quail on Fence Rail, Robin Hood Ammunition showing Robin Hood with Bow, some showing factory buildings, plus three Winchester invoices and one illustrated for Furs; one faulty. Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Closed..Apr-27-2025, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3443
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
Illustrated Ad Covers and Miscellaneous. 28 covers and cards on stockpages; with many multicolored illustrated ad including Pan-Am Expo related, La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1903 Ohio Centennial and five Gun cover, includes some cameo corner cards, early allover design, also some Trans-Miss usages and other non-ad related; worth review. Estimate; $500 - 750. US$500-750
Est. $500-750
Opening US$ 1,350.00
Sold...US$ 1,350.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:21:02 EST
Sold For 1350
General Cover Groups
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3444
Symbol:United States Covers. Three large boxes full of covers; classic to modern, part of the Stanley Piller's unprocessed material; inspection will be rewarded. Estimate; $500 - 750. US$500-750
Est. $500-750
Opening US$ 2,500.00
Sold...US$ 2,500.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:22:00 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3445
Symbol:United States Covers. One large box of covers from the Stanley Piller material that was unprocessed; this is mostly earlier material that should be great to process. Estimate; $500 - 750. US$500-750
Est. $500-750
Opening US$ 4,250.00
Sold...US$ 4,250.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:22:49 EST
Sold For 4250
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3446
Symbol:19th & 20th Century RPO Covers & Cards. Specialist group of approx. 170+ items, the majority being early 20th Century PPC's and postal cards w/a wide variety of RPO cancels illustrating just how vast a railway mail system once existed in the U.S., also approx. 50 interesting covers from 1880s-1960s including an unusual 1903 2¢ entire uprated w/1¢ and 2¢ stamps sent from Lansing, MI via New Orleans to Honduras, worth inspection, fine to very fine. Estimate; $300 - 400. US$300-400
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 240.00
Sold...US$ 260.00
Closed..Apr-27-2025, 03:00:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3447
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
Cover Accumulation. Several hundred in large binder and slips; with lots of Exposition related including multicolored Pan-American & Trans-Miss. covers, illustrated Spanish-Am. War patriotics, various Pan-Am & Trans-Miss usages including 5¢ used from U.S. Postal Agency in Shanghai, multicolored illustrated ad covers, FDC's with better cachets including L. Weigand, Crosby, some interesting Columbian issues usages, etc.; inspection recommended. Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.
Cover Accumulation. Couple hundred or so loose and in two binders; wide range from early stampless to mid-20th century, early stampless mostly common items with a few better, some classic material including Sc. #63+65 combination use, 1860's Valentine & to Canada, etc., lots of Washington-Franklin issue usages, couple C.S.A. and Hawaii 6¢ Banknote use to U.S., etc.; inspect. Estimate; $400 - 600. US$400-600
Est. $400-600
Opening US$ 1,700.00
Sold...US$ 1,700.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:24:51 EST
Sold For 1700
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3449
Symbol:Cover Group. Mixed of several dozen covers including "Hartford Penny Post, 2 Cts" oval handstamp on cover posted in New Hartford, Admiral Benjamin Sherwood (Naval) correspondence and other naval related, train mail wreck cover, Civil War related including C.S.A. use, some California including illustrated fair covers, etc.; worth a look. Estimate; $300 - 400. US$300-400
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 625.00
Sold...US$ 625.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:25:45 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3450
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
First Day Cover Accumulation. Housed in three large boxes; couple thousand or so FDC's from the 1940-2000's including 1940 Famous American set in blocks, 1976 50 States issue with Medallion cachets and many other sets present, later mostly Art Craft and other commercial cachets, etc. Estimate; $150 - 200. US$150-200
Est. $150-200
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 90.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:26:30 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3451
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
First Day Cover Collection, 1930-70's. Large holding of a couple thousand or so housed in White Ace cover binders in four large boxes; mostly more common cachets including Art Craft but there are better early cachets including Crosby photo, early including Prexies and Famous Americans, back-of-the-book issues present including some interesting airmail usages, also a run of U.N. covers. Estimate; $300 - 400. US$300-400
Est. $300-400
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Apr-26-2025, 19:26:55 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3452
Symbol:Cat No:Collection
Interesting Postal History Accumulation, 20th Century. 81 covers which are mainly Military related at various locales including Nicaragua, Mexico, China and Midway. etc., many interesting and unusual items present, please inspect, please see our website for images. Estimate; $400 - 600.
Sale No: 124
Lot No:3453
Symbol:Misc. Cover group. Small lots of 55 misc. covers with various frankings, couple with advertising, includes few flight covers and a few foreign covers, please inspect. Estimate; $75 - 100. US$75-100