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. |
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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 |
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MARKING | YEAR | CAT# | RF | CANCEL | CONDTION AND NOTES | 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 |