Montana "Big Sky 2" Auction

Thirty-eight total. 16 territorial. Includes 1888 Ennis double circle, 1886 Silver Star blue double ring oval, 1885 Pony double ring, double circle (o

Lot of 18. Two each of Virginia City, Ennis, Washington Bar, Sheridan, Pony, Red Bluff & Twin Bridges. One each of Silver Star, Harrison, Lyon, ...

Thirteen total. Includes 1915 White (1914-1917). Has a letter (railroad expected soon, store and post office keep me busy). The letter is from Anton L

Nineteen total. Four territorials: two Martinsdale and two White Sulpher Springs. Also 1890 Castle. Purple corner cover stamp for L. Peavey. Post offi

Twenty-three total. Includes 1897 Iron Mountain (opened 1891), 1930 Drexel (1928-1953), 1933 Superior with Electric Lights and Water Works corner cove

Twenty-three total. Four territorials: all Livingston. Earliest is 1884 and one 1887 cover. Also 1895 Cooke (1882-1957), 1904 Livingston on blue cover

Lot of sixteen. includes 1894 Saco (1892-present), 1916 Phillips (1896-1947), 1932 last day, Lost Lake, 1933 Corwine Center (1928-1943), Brooksdie, Co

Total of twenty. Includes Twist (1931-1934), Goyley & Akers Garage RPC (no cancel), 1956 Sonnette, 1931 Bowers (1928-1956), Broadhus, Camps Pass...

Twelve total. Three territorial: two Skalkaho manuscripts and one Corvallis (type 1, c1874). 1891 Victor, 1933 Victor pictorial, 1908 Lee (with Forsyt

Seventeen total. Includes an extremely early 1890 Wolf Point with a strong strike, 1900 Culbertson (post office opened 1892), 1914 Bainville (1904-pre

Lot of thirty. Includes 1900 Rosebud, 1916 Sumatra (1910-present), 1906 Howard, and 1916 Ingomar (1910-present). Also Birney, Colstrip, Gopher, Ashlan

Lot of 17. Includes (1) 1904 Strong Busteed (1903-1933), (2) c1887 territorial Stillwater with contents, (3) 1907 Columbus, and (4) later 1932 Limesto

Lot of twenty. 1) Woolridge, very early, strong strike, 1911. Would be moved to Phillips County shortly after this date. 2) Fabulous Tobison 1925 canc

Lot of four. 1) Oka #1. Shellen & Dunn list a total of seven. 2-3) Ubet. 1885 and 1886. One #2 and one unlisted. 4) Winnecook. Four total in She...

Lot of 25. Two Billings territorial including one that does not appear to be in Shellen & Dunn. This cover is a "Bailey & Billings"...

Territorial covers include Parmeter of Sheridan, William Ennis of Ennis (green double circle), Hawkins & Higbee of Meadow Creek, SR Buford of Vi...

1) Launching of USS Helena in 1940. 2-3)1940 USS Helena business reply envelopes. Both with two two cent red stamps. 4) 1946 USS George Cllymer (spel

Lot of 39. Smaller towns mentioned include Shelby, Harlowtown, Opheim, Alder, Red Lodge, Minot, Garrison, Lombard, Whitetail, Missoula, Sweetgrass, Gr

Seventy-nine total. There are postcards, and corner covers in the mix. Please see photographs online or inspect! City: State: Montana Date: 1900...

Rare. $1 scrip subscription certificate for this company based in Butte City. Dated Saturday, May 20, 1893. Henry L. Haupt as president. This turned o

Eastern Manufacturing Company. Good for one gold filled lace pin or one pair gold filled cuff buttons, valued at $5. Drawn on C.T. Grove, Great Falls,

Extra rare scrip! Four different denomination ($5, $10, $25, and $50) Certificates of Deposit as scrip from the Peoples National Bank of Helena. All p

Lot includes 45 checks and corp. cards. Checks date 1890-1934. Banks include: Metals Bank & Trust, Silver Bow National Bank, WA Clark & Brot...

Lot of 16 checks. Includes N. Armstrong & Co. (1882, RN-G, mining pictorial, signed by Hecla Cons. Mining Co.) and three other Armstrong & C...

Lot of 23 with little duplication. Earliest is 1867 L.H. Hershfield & Co. (RN-B, Duplicate, miner and dog pictorial). Eight others from Hershfie...

Lot of nine choice RN imprinted checks. eight different for L.H. Hershfield & Bro., Bankers in Helena. Includes four pictorial pieces: 1866 (RN-...

Five different. All RN-G. Includes rare brown RN-G (1882, blue miner pictorial), 1880 (black miner pictorial), A.M. Holter & Bro. (1880), 1889, ...

Majority of pieces are 1880s, with a handful in the 1860s and 1870s. Latest issued is 1897, although there is an unused c.1920s check. Includes checks

Lot of 26 checks/drafts plus five statements for the National Bank of Helena. 1) First National Bank of Helena: three early deposit slips (1867-68 w/

Pay to the order of Tie Sang Tong $50. From the Hershfield Bank. Stamped 'in Gold' in gold ink. RN-D9 City: Helena State: Montana Date: 1...

One of the most sought-after Montana checks! No. 3671, issued for $250 in current funds to Oliver Goyette on Aug. 2, 1869. Pen cancelled. RN-B revenue

Montana Territory, Auditor's Office pictorial warrant No. 17465, issued for $5 for a discharged convict. Signed by Montana Territorial Governor ...

Banks include: National Bank of Lewiston, First National Bank of Lewiston, First National Bank of Fergus, Bank of Fergus County, CF Shoemaker, Central

Lot of 21 checks from The Montana Company, Limited, in Marysville, Montana, issued in 1886. 3.75" x 8.5" with varying levels of soiling. M...

Lot of 17. Earliest is N.J. Isdell (two 1892, pictorial) and Henry Elling (VC crossed out, 1892 & 1893). Also: three pictorial checks w/ adhesiv...

Lot of 24. Two revenue imprinted: Henry Elling (1874, RN-G, allegorical vignette) and Banking House of Raymond, Harrington & Co. (unused, 18--, ...

Lot of 30. Earliest is 1868 Hershfield & Bro. Next is Hussey, Dahler & Co. (1869 w/ adhesive revenue). From Henry Elling: seven, four types ...

Interesting lot of three different hand-drawn proof or sample checks drawn by printers. Included: Nowlan & Weary, Bankers; Allen & Millard, ...

100+ pieces. Many pictorial. Some mining. No revenue. This collection represents the whole state. Pieces from: Ollie, Shawmut, Red Lodge, Sidney, Twin

Lot of 16. Butte: W.A. Clark & Brother (four checks, 3 different, two pictorial (1892), one 1897, one unused), Hoge, Brownlee & Co. (two 189...

Lot of five different with "M.T." datelines. 1) & 2) Fort Benton: 1882 Promise to Pay, First National Bank and unused 1880s First Nati...

Lot of 11. 1) J.H. Sherburne. Seven checks. First is illustrated Pollock & Sherburne (1887, Arkansas City); different illustrated now calling hi...

Lot of 16 checks with vignettes. Includes: four different checks for The Musselshell Cattle Co. (Lavina, First National Bank and Billings, Yellowstone

Lot of four different RN checks with "M.T." designations. 1) Story & Wilson. Bozeman. RN-G. 1879. 2) Colorado & Montana Smelting C...

Lot of 18 rare Montana RN checks with little duplication. Six different from Helena: People's National Bank of Helena (1873, RN-D), L.H. Hershfi...

Lot of 33. Earliest are two different Madison County warrants issued in 1865. Also, 1869 & 1872 Jefferson County drafts, three receipts from the...

Lot of 6. 1) Two drafts from Coulson & Martinsdale Stage Company. Both issued 1883. For blacksmithing and repairing wagon. Clean. 2) Billings, B...

Includes a business directory with a list of livestock breeders/owners. Lists of city and county officers, organizations, schools, banks, streets and

This is perfect for token and postal history collectors. This one is in great shape - with a strong spine and covers are all strongly attached. Typica

Great reference work for history, tokens, bottles and postal history. Includes schools, justices, constables, supervisors, churches, newspapers, hospi

Great resource. Includes counties Fergus, Mussellshell and Judith Gap and advertising for towns like Lewistown, Benchland, Buffalo, Coffee Creek, Dent

1900 directory of Montana with a very brief description of different small locations - especially in relation to banks and railroads. For example Adel

Great reference to businesses in Montana. Soft cover and listed by business. Index in the back lists businesses by location! City: State: Montana

One man's pursuit of reference materials to help him enjoy his collecting. This is a collection of copied reference materials. It includes the f...

Lot of 3 territorial letters from a scarce location. Two have dateline Blackfoot City, the other simply "Blackfoot." 1874, 1875, 1876. All...

1) Stephens Grocery Company. Show delivery wagon in front and is hand dated 1905. 2) Photograph of a house identified with Emma, Alonzo, and Tom Steph

More modern lot of 21 items. Includes Mining in Butte pamphlet, 1930 promotional pamphlet, 1948 'What Happened in Butte' by Joseph Howard, p...

Murphy & Cannon letterhead, "I beg you not to throw my family out into the street..." Superior Bay Rum labels and Butte, the Friendly ...

What a fabulous collection of 30 views. Housed in a hard cardboard box! Enjoy feeding the swans, parade of freight wagons, schools, John M Steward&...

A billhead and a warrant for a discharged convict. 1) A. Kleinschmidt & Co., Groceries and Dry Goods, billhead. Dateline Deer Lodge, Montana, Se...

15 letters all referring to the appointment of HJ Godale to appraise unalloted land at Fort Peck. These letters go back and forth to Washington DC. Go

Abstract of lot 88 on block 20 bounded by Bridge, Main, Wall, and Glore. Owned by Klaus family. Nice history here! City: Helena State: Montana Date

Three binders and extra sleeves of letters (at least 250 pieces!), small broadsides, billheads, letterheads, etc. Letters include an archive of 19 fro

Lee Sam Fong was a respected and very successful Chinese merchant in Helena. This can be attested to by the quality of people who attested to his char

Lot of seventeen. Warrant for janitorial services for Governor's office. This includes a letter from Governor Leslie requesting this. Also warra...

Hayes and Lentz photo album. includes great photos and census and obit info of the families, plus xeroxed copies of new articles. City: State: Mont

Lot of four. 1) 1894 L. Minugh of Harlem, Montana. Native American pictorial. 2) Frederick Kraemer saddles from Virginia City. Nice stamped pictorial

1) Very rare Silver City, Montana invoice dated 1887. 8" x 5" 2) N.J. Isdell (Groceries, Dry Goods, Blasting Powder & General Mining S...

Lot of six interesting letters. 1) 1891 letter from Secretary of State (on his letterhead), Helena, regarding filing of Articles of Incorporation of...

Over 100 billheads and assorted other material. Premium pieces include 3 TC Power of Fort Benton (military and Indian trader). One with nice train pic

Lot of 19. Includes ticket stubs: Anaconda to Silica, Anaconda to Willow Creek, and Anaconda to Butte on Butte Anaconda & Pacific Ry. From same ...

Rare Montana Territory stock. First National Bank of Bozeman, no. 57, issued to George W. Fox for 20 shares, 1875. Signed by L. M. Black, president an

Two Helena National: 1890 (President John T Murphy and Frank Baird) and 1893 (President Shirley C Ashby and Baird). Two Miners Savings: 1909 and 1916.

Inc. in Montana. Two issued and not cancelled certificates. No. 282, issued for 100 shares in 1915 and 398, issued for 300 shares in 1916. Both are si

Helena, Montana Territory. Unissued certificate No. 30. Signed by R.B. Harrison as secretary. Printed by ABN. Brown border, horse and farmer vignettes

No. 89. Issued for 6 shares to Mrs. Harriet R. Eldridge on December 19, 1890 in Oka, Meagher County, Montana. Signed by F.M. Severance (president) and

Very rare--Masonic Temple Stock, no. 124, 1 share, issued to W. F. Sanders. Signed by J. J. Hull, acting president, 1867. City: Virginia City State:

Silver Bow Club Building Assoc., no. 819, 1 share, 1916; Special Improvement Warrant, no. 604, $500, 1908. Plus seven unissued stocks: Anaconda Amusem

Territory of Montana $1,000 bond No. 68 issued July 1st, 1876. Signed by G.F. Potts, Governor of the Territory and Auditor and Treasurer. Signatures c

Eleven stocks, four issued: three from Montana Hardware Co., no. 7, 1000 shares, 1879, cancelled; no. 12, 250 shares, signed J. Ross Clark, president,

Lot of 12. Five issued stocks: The Great Falls Improvement Co., no.4, issued for 1 lot, 1886; two from Silver Bow Club Building Assoc., nos. 766 and 7

Stocks: Western Town Site Co., no. 14, unissued; Coalwood Community Club, no. 108, 1 share, 1928; Butte Country Club, no. 398, 1 share, 1915. Three Ju

Two Montana Hardware Co., no. 10, 2185 shares, J. Russ Clark, president, issued to self, 1900 and no. 11, 437 shares, 1900. Both are cancelled. Four u

Lot of 24. Vida-Wolf Point Telephone Co., Vida, MT. No. 64, 2 shares issued, 1926; Garrison-Keene Shoe Co., no. 3 for 1 share from president L. B. Gar

Lot of 20 issued stocks includes: Timber Butte Milling Co., no 6, 499 shares, 1917, cancelled; Pennmont Gold Mining Co., no. 16, 1600 shares, 1903, ca

Seven stocks, only one issued: Gallatin Brewing Company, no. 42, 5 shares. John W. Fraser, president, issued to self, 1933. Unissued stocks include: f

Six stocks: The Rotary Engine Co., no. 14, 15 shares, 1919; Nash-billings Motor Co., no. 26, 25 shares singed by JT Clapper, president, and issued to

Nine stocks, 3 issued: Jackson Sheep Co., no. 12, 2 shares, 1899, uncancelled; Penwell Livestock Co., no. 43, 16 shares, 1910, corporation dissolved,

Six stocks: two Montana Consolidated Coal and Coke co., no. A1302, 100 shares, 1908 and no. A1553, 100 shared, 1911; Bearcreek Mutual Coal Co. of Mont

Ten stocks, 6 issued: Greenleaf-Stapp Baking Co., no. 2, 12 shares, 1927; 2 from anaconda Meat Company, nos. 5 and 6, 5 shares each, 1893, cancelled;

24 stocks include: Denango Oil Co., no. 53, 1000 shares, 1905; National Oil Co., no. 6091, 2000 shares, 1917; American Oil Co., no. 5051, 1000 shares,

Over 50 oil stocks: Seattle Silver Bow Oil Co., no. 444, 5000 shares, 1920; Stellar Oil & Gas Co., no. 239, 5000 shares, 1919; Belly River Oil a...

13 stocks include: Boston and Great Falls Electric Light and Power Co., 1896; Union Electric Company, 1908, cancelled; seven from The A. L. Powell Pow

Eleven stocks, 2 issued: Butte Miner Company, no. 6, 100 shares, 1903; and no. 24, 1 share, 1928; both cancelled. Nine unissued stocks include: Montan

Four bonds: First Mortgage Gold Bond, $100 each, nos. 58, 121, 128, 196. All unissued with coupons. City: State: Montana Date: ID: 36615

Eight stocks and one bond: Issued: two Butte City Water Co., no. 62, 36 shares, 1891; no. 148, 100 shares, 1892. Bond: Big Hole Irrigation District, n

Mostly unissued. Co-operative Press of Manhattan with fabulous faring vignettes, 189- Bitter Root Development, Bear Creek Ranch, Lake Lebo Irrigation,

Lot of 17. Includes an 1905 issued $100 Gold Bond for The Amador Railway (Iron Mountain, Mineral Co.) w/ 35 coupons attached. Issued stocks: 1897 issu

Lot of 17. Stocks date from 1899-1971. Seven Parrot Silver and Copper Company. One is no. 3139, 50 shares. All are punch cancelled. One Anaconda Minin

Inc. in Washington. First issued stock, No. 1, to William A. Clark for 7,497 shares on Dec. 4th, 1897. Signed by Clark as president. Pen cancelled. Bl