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CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1896-1930 - Bodie Grab Bag of Covers, Checks, Receipts – Boca Brewing Co.,

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
CA - Bodie,Mono County - 1896-1930 - Bodie Grab Bag of Covers, Checks, Receipts – Boca Brewing Co.,
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Potpourri of 24 items. There is one unopened letter in this lot. It has a 2 cent red, adhesive George Washington serrated postal stamp, cancelled in San Francisco on 21 Feb 1903 addressed to Mr. J. S. Cain in Bodie from the California, Oregon, and Idaho State Co., 14 Sansome Street Rm. 36.





Cover, Bodie & Hawthorne Telegraph and Telephone Co. Bodie, no stamp to an A. J. McCone.
Cover, postmarked Bodie 21 June 1927, 2 cent embossed stamp with Liberty Bell sesquicentennial. To Mr. J. S. Cain.
Cover, Bodie from Pacific Power Co. in Bodie, postmarked 11 October 1912, with 2 cent, cancelled, red embossed George Washington postal stamp. To Mr. S. W. Cain in San Francisco.
Cover, from the Nevada-California Power Co. in Bishop, California to Mr. J. S. Cain in Bodie. Postmarked 26 August 1900, Bishop. Cancelled, red George Washington adhesive, 2 cent, perf., postal stamp.
Cover, from Southern Consolidated Mining Company in Bodie to Mr. S. W. Cain in Tonopah, Nevada. Postmarked Bodie, 2 May 1915. Cancelled red George Washington 2 cent perf., adhesive stamp.
Post Card, “A ‘Bill’ collector.” Artist rendering of a Mae West type of female reposing on a Victorian couch with many male “suitor” pictures strewn about. Rather risqué for its time. By 1912, West was already starring on Broadway, so the card could be a drawing of the real person. To Stuart Cain in Carson City, Nevada from Dollie Cain. Postmarked Bodie, 26 October 1912. Green adhesive and serrated one cent Thomas Jefferson stamp, cancelled.
Post Card, “I am waiting for an answer.” Ink drawing of two puppies. From Dollie Cain to Stuart Cain in Carson City, Nevada. Postmarked Bodie, 2 November 1912. Cancelled green one cent Thomas Jefferson serrated edge, adhesive stamp.
Post Card, “How would you like to be me?” A photograph of a man and woman hugging cheek to cheek. From Dollie to Stuart Cain in Carson City, Nevada. Postmarked Bodie, 12 November 1912. Cancelled green one cent Thomas Jefferson adhesive, serrated edged stamp.
Three receipts to J. S. Cain, 1905, 1906, Bodie. One has a vignette of a Bald Eagle guarding a nest.
Four checks drawn on the Bodie Bank.


Number 2809, datelined Bodie, Cal. 18 July 1879 to D. W. Earl and Co. signed by W. [illegible] Pope for forty-six dollars. Endorsed on the back by Eugene Earl for the company. Vignette of a Roman warrior with shield and ribbon. RNG.
Number 8029, datelined Bodie, 12 April 1880 to R. Terry signed by W. [illegible] Pope for $200.00. Endorsed on the back by R. Terry and several other people. Vignette of a Roman warrior with shield and ribbon. RNG.
Number 12896, datelined Bodie, 16 November 1880 to Boca Brewing Co. signed by W. [illegible] Pope for forty-seven dollars. Stamped on the back by Boca Brewing Co. and has an illegible signature underneath. Vignette of a Roman warrior with shield and ribbon. RNG.
Number 13039, datelined Bodie, 20 November 1880 to Jas. Armstrong signed by W. [illegible] Pope for $100.00. Endorsed by James Armstrong on the back. It also has an illegible signature below Armstrong’s and two deposit stamps. One of the deposit stamps is for the “Anglo California Bank, L’d.” Vignette of a Roman warrior with shield and ribbon. RNG.


Six receipts from various companies to J. S. Cain in Bodie from 1896 to 1913. One is from the Standard Consolidated Mining Company for delivery of old iron pipe and one white mule – which cost thirty dollars. Another is J. S. Cain’s power bill. One is a charge by Adams and Cain General Merchandise, Lumber and Groceries for use of a team from Bodie to Sunshine, Nevada and back. Another is a letter along with a payment of $31.20 to the Bullion and Exchange Bank in Carson City, Nevada.
Letter to the Standard Mining Company in Bodie from the Department of Commerce, Lighthouse Service in Ketchikan, Alaska, 1916.
Letter from “Your Old pal Art” to Stew on Pacific Power Company of Bodie letterhead. Datelined October 1912.
Three letter billheads, two in 1928, one from 1930 from the New Monte Cristo Mining Company, to R. A. Welch of Bodie from Rush T. Sill; From the Pomona Mfg. Co. to the Old Gold Mining Company in Bodie signed by Geo. B. Tanner; From the Crane Co in Sacramento, Calif., to J. S. Cain Company in Bodie, signed by H. R. Rolufs. On the back of this letter is a man of the United States marking the national locations of Crane Company. All in excellent condition.
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