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TRANSPORTATION POSTAL HISTORY continued...

RAILROAD COVERS & POSTCARDS continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

1301

c-1920 BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, PHILADELPHIA, sales promotion real photo card showing the A.B.&.A Engine No.1609 with engine specifications on back, VF est (Image)

$50+ US

SOLD for $25.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1302

13 TRAIN DISASTER POSTCARDS 1906-1912 ( a few later), all are real photo cards showing train wrecks in both the USA and Canada, sleeved and priced to over $250, a few faults but mostly F-VF est (Image)

$75+ US

SOLD for $50.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1303

35 CANADA RAILROAD STATION POSTCARDS 1905-1930's (a few later), note better NELSON-BC, MOOSE-JAW-SASK, JASPER-ALTA, DRUMHELLER-ALTA, SMITHERS-BC, WEST-SUMMERLAND-BC, SHUSWAP-BC, BROADVIEW-SASK, MEDICINE-HAT-ALTA ++, retails over $620, mostly F-VF est (Image)

$100+ US

SOLD for $120.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1304

40 BYRON-HARMON RAILROAD POSTCARDS 1920-1940's (a few later), all show CPR Engines including 38 real photo cards (20 are different), sleeved and priced to over $580, mostly VF est (Image)

$100+ US

SOLD for $110.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1305

49 USA RAILROAD STATION POSTCRDS 1905-1930's (a few later), includes better YOLO-CAL, OGDEN-UTAH, WARSAW-IND, WADENA-MINN, WABASH-IND, DEVILS-LAKE-ND, BELLINGHAM=WA, MISSOULA-MONT, MINOT-ND, RENO-NEV, KANKAKEE-ILL, MIDDLETOWN-NY, ASHLAND-OR, HUTCHINSON-KANS ++, sleeved and priced to over $670, mostly F-VF est (Image)

$100+ US

SOLD for $55.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1306

80 RAILROAD POSTCARDS 1905-1920's (a few later), all are real photo cards noting 41 show USA and Canadian railroad engines, 3 are British locomotives, also includes railroad stations, crew rail cars, 7 cards showing locomotives with snow ploughs, telegraph offices, railroad bridges, 4 are streetcars ++, great lot sleeved and priced to over $1350, a few faults but mostly F-VF est (Image)

$200+ US

SOLD for $220.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1307

90 RAILWAY RELATED POSTCARDS 1910-1950's, includes railway adv cards, cards showing locomotives, railroad bridges, 50 are 1938 vintage cigarette cards with railroad topics, the postcards are mostly Canadian with a few European and USA cards, mostly F-VF est (Image)

$75+ US

SOLD for $65.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1308

78 RAILROAD POSTCARDS 1945-1960's (a few earlier), includes real photo of CPR engine $8000 at Revelsoke in 1933, 1905 passenger train on an embossed glitter card, WHITE-PASS & YUKON Railway, good CPR & CNR, VIA Rail and AMTRACK, the Royal Hudson Locomotive ++, a few are worldwide railroad related, the majority are chromes showing steam engines and diesel locomotives, retails over $300, mostly F-VF est (Image)

$75+ US

SOLD for $75.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1309

150 RAILROAD POSTCARDS 1905-1950's, 56 are early pre-1912 cards, mostly USA and Canada related with a few British trains, includes locomotives, railroad bridges, logging trains, railroad stations ++, 38 are chromes, sleeved and priced to over $875, mostly F-VF est (Image)

$100+ US

SOLD for $90.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1310

79 RAILROAD EPHEMERA ITEMS 1853-1960's (a few later), includes travel brochures, train schedules, railway route maps, annual reports, a rare 1853 Montreal to Saratoga-Springs railroad guide book (177 pages with maps) worth the estimate alone, an 1853 Portland to Montreal railroad guide book (180 pages with maps) also worth the estimate alone, also railroad menus, better magazine adv noting CNR + Great Northern + Western Pacific + Pennsylvania Railroad, Milwaukee Railroad ++, good lot retailing over $1000, mostly F-VF est (Image)

$100+ US

SOLD for $170.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

SHIP COVERS & POSTCARDS

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

1311

1927 SS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, US-GERMAN-SEA-POST No.3 duplex ship cancel dated SEP8'1927 on US #619 franked 2 ounce double rated PAQUEBOT cover mailed on board ship and addressed to MILLVILLE-NJ, minor corner kinks from the heavy contents, F-VF est (Image)

$50+ US

SOLD for $50.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1312

1941 SS PRES. PIEROE, US-TP-SEA-POST duplex ship cancel dated MAY8'1941 on China 80c franked PAQUEBOT cover mailed on board ship and addressed to ROANOKE-VA, F-VF est (Image)

$75+ US

SOLD for $80.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1313

3 SHIP CANCELS 1907-1926, all are early covers mailed on board river and ocean steamers, includes STR. CITY-OF-SAVANA h/s on a postcard mailed on arrival at DANVILLE-TENN dated AUG27'1907, STR. WATSON on SEATTLE & SEAWARD-ALASKA service dated AUG3'1926, and SS RIVER DENNIS CAPE-BRETON-NS service posted on arrival at PORT-HAWKESBURY-NS on SEP2'1909, F-VF est (Image)

$75+ US

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1314

2 UNION STEAMSHIP COVERS 1937-1938, both mailed on board ship noting SS LADY CYNTHIA boxed h/s (Ludlow S-190c RF-330) dated JUL21'1937 and posted on arrival at VANCOUVER, also SS CHELOHSIN boxed h/s dated JAN23'1938 (Ludlow S-191e RF-255) posted on arrival at LAWQUETI-BC, scarce and VF est (Image)

$100+ US

SOLD for $55.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1315

1931 SS LADY CECILIA (1931-1946 Ludlow S-191i RF-500*), earliest reported date of Union Steamship Lines boxed h/s dated JUL19'1931 on commercial cover mailed on board ship and posted on arrival at VANCOUVER the same day, note a WAYMAIL h/s, some rough opening at top, rare and F-VF est (Image)

$150+ US

SOLD for $150.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1316

1935 SS CATALA (1946-1954 Ludlow S-191d RF-395), earliest reported date of Union Steamship Lines boxed h/s dated APR1'1935 on piece, F-VF est (Image)

$50+ US

SOLD for $55.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1317

1938 RPO PRINCESS LOUISE (Ludlow S-33 RF-290), CPR VANCOUVER-SKAGWAY service purple oval ship h/s dated APR28'1938 on piece of cover mailed on board ship and posted at VANCOUVER on APR30'1938, VF est (Image)

$50+ US

SOLD for $60.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1318

3 CPR PRINCESS NORAH COVERS 1935-1939, all are CPR VANCOUVER-SKAGWAY-RPO service mailed on board ship and posted on arrival at VANCOUVER, includes Ludlow S-32 (1939 RF-250), and two S-28 (1935-1937 RF-195), VF est (Image)

$100+ US

AVAILABLE
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1319

3 CPR SHIP COVERS 1935-1946, all are mailed on board ship and posted on arrival at various ports, includes SS PRINCESS NORAH Ludlow S-135m (1940 RF-325), SS PRINCESS HELENE Ludlow S-135f (1935 RF-365), and an unlisted SS MINTO (1946), VF est (Image)

$150+ US

SOLD for $80.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM

1320

5 CPR PRINCESS LOUISE COVERS 1934-1946, all are mailed on board ship and 4 posted on arrival at VANCOUVER, one posted on arrival at KETCHIKAN, include two Ludlow S-130d (red & green ink RF-315), two of the S-33 (RF-290), and an S-268 (RF-360), VF est (Image)

$150+ US

SOLD for $80.00
Closing..Mar-16, 06:00 PM