Best of The West - February 2014

c1900 This lot contains two American Express wax sealers from the state of New York. The first is a Deleware & Hudson Railroad Route stamp. It’...

1843 Ten of the famous illustrated lettersheets of various towns. Eigh have covers with cancels from the cities (not folded lettersheets, but folded l

c1867 Large group of 19 documents, receipts, bill heads, covers, a photo of Pearl Younger, daughter of Bell Starr and (allegedly) Cole Younger, partn

This is a real find for railfans. This lot includes an oval wax seal from the general office of the Lehigh & Hudson Railway. This 4” stamp is in...

c1946 Original engraved plate for producing masthead $1000 Bond certificates for the Oregon Shortline Railroad Company. This intricately engraved hea

c1884 Lot of 4: Wells Fargo "Franked" Express covers. The cover addressed to San Francisco features both blue oval Express cancellation s...

c1824 Very large lot (approx. 35 items) of Stage Coach Line ephemera and copies. Some are from other states and territories, such as Idaho and Califo

This lot includes postmaster appointments made for the town of Portage, Utah in the years 1909, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1928. While they are all in

c1908 This is a ticket canceling stamp that was used by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. The piece measures 8”x 6” and appears to still be in o...

c1877 Large collection of various postal documents, letters, receipts, transcripts and others from the territory of Washington, and after it gained s