"Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction

A nice mix of LaPorte postal history. 4 corner advertising covers c. 1901-08 plus 14 covers, some with contents, and a few postcards, all addressed to

3 c. 1870's Wells Fargo covers with LaPorte, CA postmarks. 1 with sealed contents, another with contents tells of terrible times in LaPorte &quo...

c. 1863-65 Wheeler, Rutherford & Co's Express cover. Laporte cancel. Blue Maltese Cross hand stamp on lower left, perhaps a collector's ...

Rare 1867 cover with W K Hudson, Marysville and blue oval Marysville May,1867 cancels. Pictorial letterhead with lumber vignette from Union Lumber Com

4 Whiting & Co's Feather River Express covers. 1857-68, embossed 3 cents, verso stain. 1882 embossed 3 cents with top tear. 1 marked in penc...

2 covers and a postcard with Scales, CA postmarks. Cites are from John Williams book. SIE-1490, predates Williams example by 2 years, 1882 v. 1884 in

3 rare covers and a postcard from St.Louis, CA. 1908 postcard. 3 covers 1867-68 with contents. "St. Louis was one of the earliest mining towns ...

4 Table Rock, aka Howland Flat, in Sierra County covers from a former mining area to LaPorte, CA. c. 1857-1922, includes early large circle cancel. 4

7 Table Rock, Sierra County, CA covers with several different cancels including SIE-1770. 6 covers, some with contents, and one postcard. 1 with corne

8 Mother Lode covers. 1887 and illegible date imprinted Wells Fargo with contents, 1918 YMCA to Quincy, 1927 Oroville, 1938 to Plymouth-no stamps, 194

Cover postmarked Leavenworth City, K. T, Aug 24, year illegible. Opened via rear flap, no side tears, nice writing. Kansas

6 air race covers from the special Stinemetts collection, all 1933 with various color cancels and several hand applied airplane illustrations. A few h

8 handmade cachet covers by Henry Stinemetts, c. 1930's. 7 different USS Macon, 1x USS Akron.

About 65 c. 1949-51 small covers, some cacheted, some marked First Day. Collection of 200 or more cut out cancels from assorted US Post Offices includ

17 special hand made cachet covers by Henry Stinemetts with mostly East Coast cancels, some US Navy. c. 1930's.

10 fantastic original watercolor cachet covers, c. 1936-48 by Miss Lavina May Mingos, St. Louis, MO., mostly to Henry Stinemetts. Cowgirl with horse,

This postal cover hand written by Genl. William Tecumseh Sherman to his eight year old son Master William T. Sherman Jr. just prior to his ninth birth

8 nice special Christmas covers by Henry Stinemetts with hand made cachets, c. 1930's. Various stamps.

About 25 tobacco covers to SR Buford, some with corner advertising, some with contents and price lists, c. 1891-1905. Blackwell's Durham Tobacco...

17 unusual Henry Stinemetts hand made c.c 1930's cachet covers. Bourbon, United Nations, Will Rogers, Hawaii, patriotic etc.

37 all unique hand made cachet US Naval covers by Henry Stinemetts, all with US Fleet cancels including USS Arizona, 1932 First Day of Olympics etc.,

Mexico 1865 lettersheet to Real del Monte franked with Eagle 2r (S.L. Potosi 208-1865, suboffice 10, four margins) tied by sharp Salinas del Penon Bla

Netherlands 1858 lettersheet to Amsterdam franked with 1852 10c (#2, striking top margin copy, just touching at right, otherwise huge margins showing

About 45 foreign covers, some philatelic related, a few cachets. Japan, Australia, Kuwait, New Zealand, Fiji, Saudi Arabia etc.

Collection of Donner Lake ephemera including eight postcards, a brochure, and a photograph. Postcards include real photo, linen style, and modern chro

Lot of 6. One embossed greeting card for Dunsmuir, all pre-split back post cards. One folding and three distant view of Dunsmuir (wht. border). O

Lot of 36. Postmarks: Red Bluff, Dunsmuir, Martinez . Street Level view ; RR turn table, Shasta Springs Fountain, Lodge, downtown street scene dif

Lot of 1. Borderless RPPC, postmark Genesee 1916. Located near Taylorsville andFormerly Geneseo named after places in New York , Post office operate

Lot of 35. Includes 30 postcards and 5 postcard-sized photos. 1) Twenty-four real photo postcards. All appear to be different! Views include: snow str

lot of 63. Seventeen RPPC's. Some Amber cards, wht. borders and borderless and framed. Postmarks ; Gridley, Tulare, Port & Dan Fran R.P.O...

Lot of 49. Color, mostly borderless souvenir cards. Some ad cards : Canfield's Big Rock Cafe,Las Flores Inn, The Point and Union Oil Co. Post...

Lot of 29. RPPC's, wht borders, B/W. Postmarks : Los Angels, Salinas, U.S. Navy, San Luis Obispo, Malibu, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Pacific...

About 41 Port Costa and Richmond postcards. Factories, ships, oil works, city hall, street scenes etc. Port Costa California

Lot of 85. Borderless, color, few wht borders. Two pre-split. Postmarks : Oakland, Los Angeles, Oceanside, San Diego, Chula Vista, La Jolla, San Be

Lot of 18. Two PMC's . All but two are wht. borders. Postmarks : Los Angeles. Coronado. Views : Exterior/Interior of hotel, pool birds eye vie...

Lot of 115. Borderless and wht. border. B/W, color.Nine pre-split (one pre-printed 1 cent stamp). Four leather cards. U.S. Grant Hotel sticker, Ch

Lot of 100. Six undivided cards. Wht. borders and borderless, color and B/W. One card has a map of Shelter Island San Diego. Postmarks : Los Angele

Lot of 115. Borderless and wht. border, few amber, ad cards. Thirteen pre-split. Postmarks : La Jolla, San Diego, Sant Barbara, Ashfork & Lo ...

Over 75. Two PMC's. Mostly wht borders. Postmarks : San Diego, Escondido, Oceanside, !915 Pan-Am ExpoRancho Santa Fe. One is double stamped,...

Lot of 100. Five pre-split (one pre-printed 1 cent stamp). Some wht. borders. Postmarks ; Los Ang & San Diego R.P.O., Coronado, San Diego...

Lot of 100. Seven pre-split cards. Post marks: San Diego, Tucson Az., Escondido, Pomona Ca., Oceanside, Long Beach, Pueblo Co., La Jolla. Views,

Lot od 25. Mix of wht. border and borderless. Postmarks : La Jolla, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Coronado. Street level view : Stanford Inn Del Mar, Of

Lot of 58. Two PMC's and pre-split. Post marks : Pine Valley Ca., San Diego, Fallbrook, Spring Valley Ca. Views: Hotels pools, bridges,, beac...

Lot of 47. Seven RPPC's w/wht borders, rest are borderless post cards. Postmarks : Morro Bay San Simeon. Most of the cards are color of the c...

Lot of 17. One PMC, one amber.B/W wht. borders. postmarks : Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Placerville. Stamps are all 1 cent of Washington, Statue o

About 30 scarce California street scenes. Merced, Lodi, Exeter, Sonoma, Woodland, Marysville etc. California

Lot of 6. Framed post cards. Two postmarks : Sisson Ca. : Street level view: Castle Crags, S.P. depot and Hotel Weed, Mt. Shasta, Cave Springs,

Lot of 25. Borderless and Wht. Frame,. Thirteen RPC's. Twelve postmarks: Eureka, Fort Seward, Loleta, Eureka & San Francisco R.P.O., Ald...

lot of 23. Thirteen RPC's, wht border. Six postmarks ; Georgetown, Cal. One card has a 2 cent stamp that has not been cancelled, and one has...

lot of 21. Seven postmarks: Ione Calif. Views ground level : West Coast Preston School of Industry, several homes Knob Hill, Ione Booster Club, C

Lot of 11. Three are not RPC's, color split back post cards. Three postmarks: Jackson Calif.. California 1945 Ken Prag Collection

Lot of 46. Twelve are not RPPC's. Wht border and borderless. Postmarks : Albion Ca., Eureka, Klamath, Hoopa Ca., Happy Camp, Garberville, Nap...

Lot of 5. One RPPC of open pit mine Virginia City NEv. cir 1950's. One greetings form Nev. w/map. one greetings from Elko embossed card. Fer...

Lot of 81. Mostly cartoon humor on the naughty side, a few photos. Postmarks: U.S. Army Postal A.P.O., Great Yarmouth Norfolk, Brooklyn N.Y., Brigh

The Hold Up, 104, RPC. The stage is being held up by 2 armed men on the side of the road. From the Garvis Collection.

14 c. 1932 naughty Christmas cards. 8 different with some duplicates. Scarce group from the Depression era. 1 had V shaped adhesive damage.

Lot of 60 plus. Some wht border, mostly borderless. A few RPPC's. Twelve pre-split cards ( one has United States of America pre-printed). Post...

Lot of 20. Postmarks: Pocatello Id., Livermore Ca., San Luis Obispo. Views : Roundhouse Pocatello Id., S.P. Daylight Special under steam ( several

About 30 WW 1 postcards, mostly RPC's Tanks, troops,artillery, guns, American trench with Pershing, gas attack, Marines etc.

Better US mint stamps with a catalog value of $400+. Older plate blocks, a few covers, airmail, some used, White Ace Album 1938-78 Presidential Series

8 early canceled US stamps including # 86 1c, 63 1c, 83 3c, 76 5c, A30 30c etc. Mostly well centered.

A large collection of US stamps including a 7" stack of imprinted postcards c. 1890-1950+. Also a large quantity of unused US stamps. 2 albums ...

A major US plate block collection of perhaps 400+ plate blocks, c. 1920-95, with some in album. A wide selection including partial sheets with plate c

US sheets, mostly commemorative, about $340 in face value.

12 US Expo stamps with Hudson-Fulton imperforate mint block of 4. 11 other Expo's, 1c to 5c with some duplicates. Mint and canceled. Ga...

Lots of mint US sheets including souvenir sheets and older commemoratives. Face value about $1300.

US mint sheets of commemorative stamps with a face value of about $418. Also about 25 covers and postcards.

Nicely centered US stamp #1a, dark brown. The first US 5c. M5 cancel thru center.

Nice group of US stamps. 5 WW2 Remembered US Postal Sets with books, album with mint post 1930's-no rarities, envelope with US Christmas stamp s...

Italy. 1877 20c orange fresh mint with full original gum (#36, Scott $4,000), A. Diena expertising h.s. Italy 1877 Gary Bracken Collection

6 Mexico postal history references. Manuscript Postal Marking of Mexico, 1865-78 by Frome, Hidalgo Envelopes 1874-84 by Bamert. Hidalgo Profile Issue

Spain 1850-65 imperforate issues. Scott #1//73, O1-8, impressive coverage comprising 119 stamps and 18 covers. Substantially complete (61 different):

4x 99% foreign stamps albums, c. 1929-50 with 2000+ stamps. Nice starter collection of foreign stamps.

File box full of foreign stamps and covers. About 100 covers. About 95% used stamps, some mint Canada and German sheets. Lots of China. Mixed foreign

Foreign stamp collection in 6 albums, mostly 1940's to 1960's. Perhaps 1300 stamps, mix of mint and used. About 23 lbs.

Mostly foreign and some US stamps in 3 albums, c. 1949. About 1700 total stamps. About 24 lbs.

Lot of three. Each has a different Wells Fargo postmark. One is a hard-to-find VERY STRONG stamp, "Wells, Fargo & Co., Express, Columbia, C...

Pair of Wells, Fargo & Co. Boise Mines Frank Covers, with Bannock City, Idaho Territory Wells Fargo oval cancels. One bold, other a bit light. E...

VERY RARE Pony Express cover. Attached is a red three cent Washington oval and a 25 cent one half ounce red Pony Express stamp. There is a Wells Far

A commemorative mirror probably made for collectors, possibly in the 1960s. Serial L3310 on the lower right. U.S. Mail Carriers Overland Stage Wells F

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/ATLANTIC/1885/DEPARTMENT/EXPRESS. brass receiving hand stamp with wood handle. Approx. 7/8" diameter x 4" length...

Collection of seven Wells Fargo & Co. exchange notes from California Gold Rush towns. These towns include Yankee Jims (1853), Oroville (1857), M...

Blue binder with gold trim, holding 36 medals celebrating America's presidents from Washington through Nixon. Mintage was 63234 sets. Medals ar...

Lot of two silver ingots: 1) Franklin Mint Christmas 1978, 1000 grain sterling in original box; 2) Franklin Mint America's 10th Anniversary In S...

Gorgeous set of NGC certified MS 69 U. S. mint Silver eagles. 1986-2021, 36 coins.

Lot of twelve silver coins and medals. 1921 Morgan dollar, enameled both sides; replica 1838 Gobrecht dollar, one ounce fine silver made by Frontier C

Two mint state $25 gold eagles, each one half ounce of fine gold.

California Senator / Private Coin Minter David C. Broderick Autograph on Cover sent from D.C. Broderick, U.S. Senate, to Edwin Carpenter in Schenectad

Wooden case with two 1986 Statue of Liberty silver dollars and two clad half dollars. The holes for the gold pieces are empty. 2013 U. S. Mint Limited

Dansco No. 8140 Washington Quarters including proof-only issues. Contains 69 silver quarters and 37 non silver quarters. Missing only 1932-D & 1...

Unique! 1851 one dollar U. S. gold piece, inset in an 1883"V" nickel. The nickel's obverse has been shaved off and is removable. Gold ...

Key date in the Indian Head penny series. G-4 condition.

Appears to be original plastic, stapled, but only the penny, dime, quarter and Franklin half dollar. The nickel is missing.

Lot of five U. S. Proof Sets: two 1956 flat packs; five coins: penny, nickel, dime, quarter & half dollar, mintage of 669,384. Three 1959: same ...

Four vintage U. S. proof sets: two 1961 (in Capital Plastics cases) Mintage of 3, 028,244; and two 1963 in Whitman plastic cases; mintage of 3,075,645

Coins and medals in original mint packaging featuring Abraham Lincoln: 2009 U. S. Mint Lincoln Bicentennial one cent proof set; four coins (2); 2009 A

Two commemorative silver dollars were made by the U. S. Mint in 2006 featuring Benjamin Franklin: one as a scientist, one as a Founding Father. In ori

A collection of sets of Bicentennial coinage from 1976. Dansco album No. 7096 complete with twelve coins: 9 copper nickel, and three silver quarters,

Lot of 21 Braided Hair large cents: 1838 (VG); 1840 (G); 1841 (VG); 1842 (VG); 1845 (VF); 1846 (2-F, VF); 1847 (G); 1848 (F); 1849 (2-G, VG); 1850 (2-

Lot of eleven BU Mercury dimes: 1940; 1941-S; 1943-S; 1944; 1944-S; 1945 (carbon spot); 1945-D; 1945-S (4).