Best of The West - February 2014

c1890 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express cover. The cover features the black oval Express cancellation stamp. This piece has hand-written chin...

c1894 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express covers. The 7 covers feature the oval W-F Express cancellation stamp, in both blue and black ink. 1 o...

c1876 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express cover, from the farming and railroad town of Lemoore. These covers features the oval W-F Express canc...

c1890 This is a very early cover from Markleeville in Alpine County, California. It is addressed to Capt. James Jones whose address is The Merchants

c1895 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express cover. The cover features the black oval W-F oval Express cancellation stamp, dated May 12. Note ther...

c1850 This 1850s notated book was used by Daniel Mareko. It is written on 8 double sheets and is a series of short notes and letters to various famil

c1852 Lot of 7: USPS covers from the famous gold rush town of Placerville, with 2 from the 1848 gold discovery town of Coloma. The USPS cancellation/

c1893 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express cover. This one features the blue oval Express cancellation stamp from the town of Raymond. There is ...

c1893 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express cover. This one features the blue oval Express cancellation stamp from the town of Raymond. There is ...

c1922 This is a beautiful example of railroad advertising art from 1922. It advertises “The Days of 49” celebration that was held in Sacramento, Cali

c1888 Lot of 5: Wells Fargo "Franked" Express cover, from the mission town of San Bernardino, and 1 from Anaheim in Orange Co. These cove...

c1888 Lot of 6: Wells Fargo "Franked" Express cover, from the bayside city of San Diego. These covers features the oval W-F Express cance...

A letter from the District Court of 4th Judicial District ending the dispute of Alvin Adams vs. J.C. Woods and D.H. Haskell over control of Adams and

c1893 This piece still has the original 1893 Wells Fargo & Co. Express lost or stolen money order broadside from 1893 adhered to the inside bac...

c1869 Wellas Fargo cover and letter from San Francisco to Sacramento, dated 1869. 2).Two receipts for collection of personal notes in which Wells Far

c1857 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express covers, from the gold mining towns of San Juan (San Benito Co.) and North San Juan (Nevada Co.). Thes...

c1894 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express covers. The covers feature the oval W-F Express cancellation stamp. The LA addressed stamped cover is...

c1870 This is a very unique cover from a mining town in California that only had a post office for only about 20 years. First called Konigsberg, it w

c1887 Lot of 13: USPS covers from the gold mining towns of Eldorado, Fairplay, Greenwood, Smith flat, Cool, Pino Grande, & Quintette. The USPS ...

c1867 Wells Fargo "Franked" Express covers, from the famous gold town of Tuolumne City. The 2 covers feature the oval W-F Express cancell...

c1900 Lot of 4: Wells Fargo "Franked" Express covers. The cover addressed to Richmond Virginia features the Postal Service cancellation s...

This is an interesting and rare lot featuring items from The Denver & Rio Grand Railroad. The main item is an Embury Luck-E-Lite, No. 25 wall br...

c1890 48 covers and cards, 1865-1945. Pre 1900: Ruby City c1865 (2), Antelope 1890's (2), Tikura 1887 (1), Pleasant Valley 1879 (1), Grange &am...

c1860 This a group of nearly 40 pieces of Idaho history! Here is a listing of all the towns and dates. Walla Walla, WT no date. Centerville, no date.

c1862 Large group of primarily money order applications, registered letter bills, post office order sheets, and simillar documents that have various

c1864 Lot of 11: group of early court and legal documents, almost all with pairs of 25 cent revenue stamps affixed. A partial inventory includes many

c1865 Large group of rare probate and legal documents, almost all with 50 cent revenue stamps affixed. A partial inventory includes Conveyance (2 exa

c1863 Lot of 15: group of early court and legal documents, all with various blocks of 2, 5, 10, and 15 cent revenue stamps affixed. A partial invento

c1860 Large group of letters, covers, registered letter bills, post office order sheets, and simillar documents that have various town Post marks. Th

1868 Lot of 5 pieces. 1) Railroad Stage Line invoice, Hill Beachey, Prop’r. Dated July 1, 1868, datelined Silver City, Idaho Territory. Hilary “Hill”

c1920 Several Hundred Pieces. This is a group of cut square hand and machine canceled covers and postcards, mostly from Idaho. There are towns like B

1866 This lot consists of two handwritten ledgers from the Umatilla Stage Lines of Boise, Idaho. Hailey Stage Line - Umatilla Stage Line In 1865, Hai

c1851 Very eclectic mix of Railroad documents, stock certificates, tickets and various ephemera from around the country, some of it quite rare. Most

c1870 This is a lot of two wax sealers from the 1880’s. One is a National Express Company 2” older stamp, marked “Rt.1, D&E (Deleware-Eastern) ...

1871 Choice Revenue stamped Probate document, with 3 $1.00 and 7 $5.00 stamps on the front side. The reverse is an executed "Letters of Admini...

c1920 This is a group of postal covers from the Bullfrog Mining District in Nye County, Nevada. Towns and PO's represented in this lot include ...

c1918 This is a lot of eight So. Nevada Bullfrog RPO's. Seven have small circle cancellations and all have corner advertising. All are in good ...

c1920 This is a lot of postal covers from lesser known towns in Clark County, Nevada. towns represented include, Groom (No Listing), Indian Springs (

c1910 This is a lot of unique postal covers from two towns in Clark County, Nevada, Jean and Goodsprings. some are corner advertising pieces, others

c1918 This is a lot of 16 RPO's from various parts of eastern Nevada, including Ely, Schurz, Lovelock, Battle Mountain etc. All are in good con...

c1921 This lot includes postal covers from Elko County, Nevada. Included in the group are covers from Jackpot (DPO), Jarbridge (Est. 1910), Mountain

c1919 This lot includes postal covers from Elk County towns, including Tuscarora (Est. 1871) and Midas (DPO). Covers are in good condition with a mix

c1921 This is a group of postal covers from Elko County. Towns represented include, Elko (Est. 1869), Jiggs (DPO), Lee (Est. 1882), Lamoille (DPO) an

c1920 This lot of postal covers takes in Eureka County towns of Palisade (DPO), Beowawe (Est.1870) and Carlin (DPO). These are in Good condition.Thes

c1920 Covers are reprepresented by these Humboldt County towns, Denio (Est. 1888), Gerlach (Est. 1909), Golconda (DPO), Imlay (Est. 1908) and others.

c1920 This is a nice collection of Canadian covers and postcards from the 1890’s-1940s. These are from such remote areas as the Yukon Territory and m

c1921 This is a lot of postal covers from various Lander County towns, including Hilltop (DPO), Beowawe (DPO), Carlin (DPO) and Cortez (DPO). All are

c1920 This is a lot consisting of postal covers from various towns in Lincoln County, Nevada, including Pioche (Est. 1870), Panaca (DPO), Fay (Est.19

c1920 This is a collection of Lincoln County postal covers including the towns of East Ely (DPO), Ely (Est. 1878), Hamilton DPO moved to Ely 1931) an

c1919 This is a group of postal covers from the town of Lovelock and the now ghost town of Oreana in pershing County. Mill City and Don Glen are also