MPOS Mail Auction #243, February 4, 2025

This is an auction of items owned by MPOS and consigners, for auction to members only. All items are pictured on the MPOS web site, http://tinyurl.com/auct243 Most lots have more than one scanned picture, so be sure to check for extra pages when viewing scans.

The rules for bidding are simple: Bid what you are willing to pay. Winners will pay one increment above second bid or starting bid if only one bid is received. Ties will be awarded to the earliest bid. If you wish to have your bid(s) raised one increment to break a tie, add a "+" next to your bid.

Bids must conform to increments, which are as follows:

$1.00 - $4.75         25¢
$5.00 - $9.50         50¢
$10.00 - $19.00   $1.00
$20.00 - $48.00   $2.00
$50.00 - up          $5.00
 
Bids not meeting these increments will be reduced to conform.
          MPOS DOES NOT ADD BUYER'S PREMIUMS.
Mail bids to MPOS, PO Box 1058, Poulsbo WA 98370 or send via email to mobileposociety@comcast.net.
Please include your MPOS member number when bidding.
All bids must be received by 8PM Pacific Time Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

Phone bidding or phone answers about current bids or lots can't be provided for this auction. (A few email questions will be OK.) Since all lots are pictured online, we are not making printed scans of the covers available.

After the close, winning bidders will receive an invoice by email or letter, including nominal postage and shipping cost. Lots will not be shipped until payment is received, except by discretion of the auctioneer. Paypal is accepted, invoices will include a surcharge (up to 5% or minimum $0.75) which is waived for payment by check or cash. Please make payment promptly. As always, satisfaction is guaranteed by MPOS.
Bid with confidence
  MARKING YEAR CAT# RF CANCEL CONDTION AND NOTES EST Start Bid
Streetcars
801 Boston Mass Circuit RPO Oct 21 4AM 1904 BO-10-c 1 VF+ Perfectly struck flag cancel on cover to Warren, Ohio   $5
802 Boston Circuit RPO 2 May 27 4AM 1906 BO-10-e 1 F+, Light Flag cancel on UDB b/w PPC, Library, Somerville, Mass.   $3
803 Chi & Mil Ave RPO May 21     Tr 4 1908 CH-6-b 1 VF Street RPO killer, on color PPC   $3
804 Chicago Cott Gro Ave RPO ILL Sep 7 Tr 14 1905 CH-3-d 2 F-VF+ Great PPC, Airship Tower and Electric Fountain, Sans Souci Park, Chicago   $10
805 Chicago N Cla St RPO Ill Mar 5 Tp 3 1901 CH-1-e 3 F-VF Bit overinked on UX used locally   $5
806 Cleveland Ohio Cleveland Circuit RPO Mar 20 Trip 2 1915 CL-1-d 1 VF Nice wavy line machine cancel on sm cover, flap torn   $3
807 Pittsburgh Pa Street Car RPO 2 Apr 4 Trip 5 1914 PI-2-j 2 F-VF Flag on cover rough at R, Great illustrated newspaper enclosure, Chess Club corner card   $5
808 Rol Pk & St Hel RPO Balto Md Nov 13 10AM 1907 BA-3-f 2 VF 4 digit year, on PPC, large lemon   $6
809 Seattle & Seattle RPO 1910 SE-1-a 5 VF Alaska-Pacific Exhibition, aerial view PPC   $10
810 St L & Florisant RPO Mar 7 Tr 4 1902 SL-2-b 4 Fine+ RPO lightly inked. Cover w/pr 1c 4th Bureau. Backstamp dated 1901   $10
811 St Louis Mo Centennial Parade RPO (two items) 1909 831-E-4 7 VF VF strike on facing slip; strike on block of four 8c Washington stamps   $12
812 St Louis Mo Northwest RPO 1909 SL-12-d 3 F-VF+ Nov 24 Tr 9 on color Thanksgiving PPC, ear of corn   $5
813 Wash'n DC Collect'n & Dist'n Wagon No (?) Trip 4 1899 WA-4-b 4 Partial Cover, 2pg ltrhd, stamp torn out, insert for appearance only. DC TRANSIT b/s   $5
Michigan, Wisconsin, Upper Midwest RPOs
814 Aberdeen & Linton RPO 1908 871-H-1 2 VF Color PPC, Sylvan Lake and Hotel, Black Hills South Dakota   $5
815 Alpena & Alger RPO 1892 643-A-1 4 VG Cancel with Train # on cover to Ohio   $15
816 Bay City Wayne & Det RPO 1898c 618-H-2 2 F-VF+ 2c Pere Marquette Railroad entire, Saginaw East Side, Mich. Cat Copy   $10
817 Green Bay & Grand Rap RPO 1923 845-G-1 2 F-VF CDS Color PPC, Main Street Green Bay, streetcar tracks. Stamp removed.   $6
818 Kal & So Haven RPO 1909 636-C-1 2 F-VF Color New Year PPC   $6
819 Merrillan & Winona RPO 1946 845-H-1 2 VF Magenta. Last Trip, on UY7r to New York City stamp dealer   $6
820 Milw & Wyeville RPO 1941 842-I-1 2 VF Last Trip on UX28   $6
821 Pembina & St Paul RPO 1912 881.4-C-1 4 VF+ Crookston, Minn. Main Street Bridge   $4
822 Pk Falls & Rice Lake RPO 1935 834.4-A-1 2 F-VF Realphoto PC, Island Lake, Winter, Wis. Stamp removed.   $3
823 Sheb & Janesville RPO 1930 Unl Var u3 VF Sm Ben Cash cover w/1 1/2c imperf Harding   $6
824 Star Lake & New Lis RPO 1912 848.1-F-1 2 VF RPPC, group of men in front of log cabin. Names have been added   $5
825 Two Tickets, Crosby Steamer Nyack to Milwaukee 1906c       Lake Michigan Steamship   $5
826 Two Tickets, Lake Michigan car ferry Grand Haven 1906       Lake Michigan Steamship   $5
827 White Cloud & Musk RPO 1911 627-C-1 3 Fine+ UX21 to Grand Rapids, Mich.   $6
RPO, Route Agent
828 B L & Presque Isle RPO 1892 14-A-1 3 F-VF+ Large format UX10 docketed Canton, Maine, to Bangor   $6
829 Balto & Popes Creek RPO 1909 268-C-1 3 VF Registry card with Waldorf, Md. Doane   $5
830 Deray & Fairoaks RPO 1904 450-F-1 3 F-VF+ Missouri/Arkansas RPO, 2c Hartford ent w/enclosed letter re:shingle machine   $8
831 E St L Ill Relay Depot 1912 745-G-4 1 VF Color Easter PPC   $3
832 Eug & Coos Bay RPO 1953 900.2-A-1 2 VF Cacheted Last Trip Cover, Southern Pacific Railroad Lines   $4
833 Ft Wayne & Conners RPO 1919 660-D-1 2 Fine+ New York Central RR RPO on cover, opened roughly at R   $6
834 Havana & Cedarvale RPO 1908 909-U-1 2 VF Cute b/w PPC, lady in bathtub, man's shoes exiting room   $5
835 Longview & Timpson RPO 1909 491-F-1 3 VF UX20, nice strike, to Texas Farm Mortgage Co.   $5
836 Maysville & Paris RPO 1936 534-C-1 2 F-VF Registry card to Carlisle, Kentucky   $5
837 Mex & Cedar City RPO 1891 818-C-1 3 Fine+ Repurposed Chicago & Alton Railroad UX12, quartered cork killer   $4
838 Moberly & Omaha RPO 1960 766-C-1 2 VF Nice strike on UX46   $4
839 Norfolk Pet & Rich RPO 1913 311-AG-1 2 VF PPC, Central Park, Petersburg, Va.   $4
840 Nyack & N Y RPO 1897 140-A-3 2 VF 5c brown Grant on cover to American Consul, Dundee, Scotland   $10
841 Oklahoma & Alva RPO 1911 931.1-E-1 2 VF+ Humorous PPC, elegantly dressed couple   $4
842 Poplar Bluff & Mem RPO 1898 464.1-D-1 3 VF Cover w/Vanndale, Ark. Manufacturer of all kinds of staves corner card   $5
843 Puxico & Willow Springs RPO 1938 820.4-E-1 2 VF Philatelic card   $3
844 Reno & Goldfield RPO 1925c 977.2-B-2 2 Fine Tonopah & Goldfield RR RPO, Nevada, on 2c entire to Los Angeles   $7
845 Roanoke & Page RPO 1952 299-E-1 2 VF UY13r   $5
846 Salmon & Blackft RPO 1939 896.12-A-1 3 VF Vandivier card w/1c Prexy, RPO Clerk's dater on reverse   $6
847 Sealy & Matagorda RPO 1909 492.5-A-1 3 F-VF Color PPC to Wharton, Texas   $5
848 Selma & Pensacola RPO 1907 407-D-2 2 VF UDB color PPC, San Francisco after the Earthquake   $4
849 Skid & Browns RPO 1951 482-O-1 2 VF UY7m, line schedule affixed to back   $4
850 Spg Pitts & Neod RPO 1907 807-Y-1 4 VF Color PPC, two ladies "over the garden wall"   $5
851 Spokane & Adrian RPO 1909 960.6-A-1 3 VG+ PPC docketed Wilbur, Wash. Kittens.   $4
852 St Louis & Newton RPO ED 1898 807-AI-1 3 VG Cover w/VF Waverly, Mass. DPO bkstp (Middlesex Co., 1892-1905.)   $4
853 Sullivan & Effingham RPO 1932 728-C-1 2 VF UX27, philatelic   $4
854 The Dalles & Bend RPO 1915 896.14-A-2 3 VF Realphoto PPC, fishermen with salmon. Bit faded. Oregon RPO.   $10
855 The Panama Canal RPO 1935 1001-A-7 3 VF Commercial use, from Canal Zone Stamp Dealer to Chicago. Gum tone rev   $3
856 Towanda & Bern AGT 1876 179-A-1 4 VF NY/PA Route Agent, on 3c Banknote cover w/letter to Newburgh, NY   $7
857 Versailles & Lex RPO 1900 820.2-C-2 3 F-VF UX12 docketed Nelson, Mo.   $5
858 Waco & Comanche RPO 1914 486-M-1 3 VF Registry card to Leon Junction, Texas   $5
859 Waterford & Elba RPO 1908 351-R-1 4 F-VF+ Handtinted Elba, Alabama PPC, South Court Square looking West   $8
Steamboats
860 Alton Bay & Merry RPO 1948 C-13-b 2 VF Philatelic card. New Hampshire lake steamboat RPO   $4
861 Asquam Lake RPO 1948c c-18-b 2 F-VF+ Boat name "Oriole" written on small cover   $4
862 Clare & Hopewell RPO 1934 G-45-a 2 VF James River Steamboat, philatelic cover   $6
863 Detroit Mich Marine P.O. 1915c     VF CDS PPC, Swimming School, Milwaukee, written by Mariner. Stamp removed   $2
864 Ft Pi(erce &) Key West RPO 1922 392-A-1 2 Partial CDS off @top. 2c Cuba stamp. FEC Overseas Railway, not steamboat RPO   $4
865 Norfolk & Dixondale RPO 1912 G-40-e 5 F-VF B/W PPC, Episcopal Church, Reisterstown, Md.   $15
866 Ti & Lake George RPO 1913 F-4-e 2 VF CDS Color PPC, Silver Bay Auditorium Lake George. Stamp removed.   $3
867 Wanakena & Cran Lk RPO 1934 F-14-b 3 F-VF Philatelic cover   $6
NET PRICE PROCEEDS BENEFIT MPOS: See article on "The Railway that changed the World."
868 O C & T RPO 1990 Oil City Pa Cachet 1st Day of Operation. 1990     VF $3.00 or more net price, proceeds go to MPOS. 5 available to first 5 bids.   $3
869 Oil City Pa O C & T RPO uncacheted, mailed cover 2024     VF $3.00 or more net price, proceeds go to MPOS. 2 available to first 2 bids.   $3
870 Oil City Pa O C & T RPO mailed color postcard #1 2024     VF $3.00 or more net price, proceeds go to MPOS. Only one available.   $3
871 Oil City Pa O C & T RPO mailed color postcard #2 2024     VF $3.00 or more net price, proceeds go to MPOS. Only one available.   $3