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Mobile Post Office Society Members' Auction #244, May 6, 2025 This is an auction of items owned by MPOS and consignors, for auction to members only. All items are pictured on the MPOS web site, https://tinyurl.com/sale244 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. |
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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, May 6, 2025. Phone bidding or 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 | ||||||||
| RR, Route AGT, Early RPO | ||||||||||||||
| 101 | Bel Br Me Cen RR | 1880 | 5-B-2 | 4 | VF | Belfast Branch, Maine Central Railroad on UX5 to Portland, Me. | $10 | |||||||
| 102 | Buff & J'Town AGT | 1877 | 147-A-1 | 3 | VF | UX5 docketed Gowanda, NY, to NYC | $10 | |||||||
| 103 | D & S W RR | 1877 | 758-B-1 | 4 | VF | UX5 docketed Anamosa, Iowa. Dubuque & Southwestern RR | $12 | |||||||
| 104 | Dans & Buff AGT | 1880c | 141-D-1 | 3 | F-VF | 3c Banknote cover, bit trim at R into stamp | $6 | |||||||
| 105 | Dwight & Wash AGT | 1880c | 707-A-1 | 4 | F-VF | 3c Banknote cover with bold bullseye killer. Illinois Route. | $20 | |||||||
| 106 | Green Lake & N Y AGT | 1889 | 253-A-1 | 3 | F-VF | 2c entire to Newark, NJ. Cork killer. Late AGT use | $7 | |||||||
| 107 | Lk Hav & Hbg AGT | 1882 | 197-A-1 | 3 | F-VF | UX7 docketed Northumberland, Pa. to New Bedford, Mass. Cork killer. | $6 | |||||||
| 108 | Merr & Tomah AGT | 1888 | 848.1-A-1 | 3 | VF | A2 cover with pair of 1c Banknotes to Portage City, Wisconsin | $15 | |||||||
| 109 | Pt Huron & Det AGT | 1880 | Unlisted | u3 | F-VF+ | UX5 to Canada, quartered cork killer. Crease. | $10 | |||||||
| 110 | Selma & Merid AGT | 1882 | 425-D-1 | 4 | VF | 3c Banknote cover with quartered cork killer to Charleston, S.C. | $7 | |||||||
| 111 | Utica & B R RR | c1875 | 104-A-1 | 3 | VF | 3c BN #147 on cover to Lowville, NY. Utica & Black River RR. Grid killer. | $8 | |||||||
| 112 | Wmsport & Balt RPO | 1884 | 193-D-1 | 2 | VF | UX7 preprint, Phila & Reading Coal & Iron Co., addr. on numerous railroads | $7 | |||||||
| Steamboats | ||||||||||||||
| 113 | Balto & Norfolk RPO | 1934 | G-20-j | 3 | VF | Steamboat RPO on commercial cover with steamboat line logo UL. Flap gone | $12 | |||||||
| 114 | Balt & Windyhill RPO | 1907 | G-5-c | 4 | F-VF+ | Steamboat RPO, Chesapeake Bay, on UDB PPC advert for Ocean City, Md. | $20 | |||||||
| 115 | Brooklin & Rock RPO | 1908 | A-14-b | 4 | F-VF | Maine steamboat RPO on color PPC, Porcupine Island, Bar Harbor, Me. | $12 | |||||||
| 116 | Cape Chas & Norf RPO | 1897 | G-42-a | 3 | VF | Chesapeake Bay Steamboat RPO on 2c entire to New Jersey | $7 | |||||||
| 117 | Clare & Hopewell RPO | 1939 | G-45-a | 2 | VF | Steamboat RPO, James River, Va. on card with pair of 1/2c Prexy #803 | $8 | |||||||
| 118 | Demop & Mobile AGT | 1880c | J-27-e | 5 | VG+ | 3c entire with Mobile, Ala. corner card, to Bashi, Ala. (DPO) | $12 | |||||||
| 119 | Greenville & Vicks RPO | 1895 | M-13-a | 4 | F+, light | 2c entire with Lake Village, Arkansas cc to Memphis. Mississippi River Steamboat | $15 | |||||||
| 120 | Key West & Havana RPO | 1916 | I-26-a | 3 | VG | Florida - Cuba Steamboat RPO on color PPC | $15 | |||||||
| 121 | Lake Winnipisaukee RPO | 1921 | C-16-b | 1 | VF | NH Lake Steamboat RPO on color PPC, Mount Chocorua and lake | $3 | |||||||
| 122 | New London & Block Is RPO | 1911 | B-7-c | 4 | F-VF | Connecticut-RI Steamboat RPO on color PPC, ships in Block Island Harbor | $15 | |||||||
| 123 | Norf & Hicks Wharf RPO | 1929 | G-40-a | 4 | F, VF | Steamboat RPO on UX27 | $12 | |||||||
| 124 | Wolfeboro & Merrymount RPO (two different strikes) | 1976 | C-13-e C-13-d | 1 | VF | Duplex and machine cancels on philatelic cover | $3 | |||||||
| Streetcars | ||||||||||||||
| 125 | Arl & So Balt Balto Md Jan 25 1130 AM | 1906 | BA-1-k | 3 | VF | Crisp UDB color PPC, Washington Monument, Baltimore | $3 | |||||||
| 126 | Brooklyn So Shore (RPO) | 1906 | BR-6-b | 2 | G | Receiving strike on Sweden PPC with Swedish TPO origin postmark | $3 | |||||||
| 127 | North Clark St RPO | 1897 | CH-1-g | 3 | F-VF | Streetcar. UX12 preprint from Swabian Support Society, Chicago. | $10 | |||||||
| 128 | Pittsburg Pa Street Car RPO Trip 1 Aug 21 | 1908 | PI-2-k | 3 | VF | Flag cancel on PPC, Allegheny Hospital. Limaville, Ohio Doane receiving | $3 | |||||||
| 129 | Tow & Catons RPO Balto Sta Oct 20 930 PM | 1906 | BA-5-j | 2 | Fine | Small cover to Boston | $3 | |||||||
| 130 | Wash DC Pa Ave RPO Tr 14 | 1912 | WA-1-a | 4 | VF | Feb 12, Valentine PPC to Iowa. Small closed tear at top | $10 | |||||||
| 131 | Wash'n DC Collect'n & Dist'n Wagon no 1 Trip 2 | 1899 | WA-4-b | 4 | VG | Fancy illustrated hotel corner envelope to Burlington, Vermont | $12 | |||||||
| RPO - Railway Post Offices. Transfer Offices | ||||||||||||||
| 132 | Three RPOs on back of Special Delivery Cover | 1930 | VG | NY & Pitts, Pitts & St Louis, Tol Frank & St Louis RPOs | $5 | |||||||||
| 133 | Amarillo & Coleman RPO | 1914 | 489-A-2 | 3 | VF | 2c entire with Plainview, Tex. corner card, to Dayton, Ohio | $6 | |||||||
| 134 | Auburn & Sayre RPO | 1911 | 134-C-5 | 1 | VF | Color embossed Christmas PPC | $4 | |||||||
| 135 | Bellwood & Punx RPO | 1910 | 173-B-1 | 2 | F-VF | Color embossed birthday PPC | $5 | |||||||
| 136 | Bemidji & Sauk Cent RPO | 1918 | 878.1-A-1 | 2 | VF | Preprint card ordering pharmaceuticals to Camden, NJ. | $6 | |||||||
| 137 | Bloom & Mexico RPO | 1881 | 706-B-1 | 2 | F-VF | Travelers Insurance preprint UX5, report of no sales, Delevan Chi & Alton RR Sta | $5 | |||||||
| 138 | Bristol & B Stone Gap RPO | 1894 | 512-B-1 | 3 | VF | Large format UX10, Bristol Milling Co. note, "on train." | $6 | |||||||
| 139 | Centralia & Hoquiam RPO | 1933 | 904.8-A-1 | 2 | VF | Cover w/Aberdeen, Wash cc to Stanley Gibbons, New York City | $3 | |||||||
| 140 | Chicago Ill Subn Truck Term Tour 2 | 1952 | 745-D-26 | 1 | VF | UY13r, philatelic but quite scarce. Additional strike on rev. Cat Copy. | $6 | |||||||
| 141 | Cin & Mem RPO 2d Div | 1882 | 526-D-1 | 2 | VF | UX5 docketed Humboldt, Tenn. X-roads killer | $4 | |||||||
| 142 | Cl Wharf & N Emporia RPO | 1910 | 317-A-2 | 3 | VF | Narrow Gauge Southern Railway RPO on cover to Bath, Maine | $12 | |||||||
| 143 | Coeur d'Alene & Spok RPO | 1907 | 906.1-A-1 | 3 | F-VF | Electric Railroad. Bit fuzzy cancel on cover to Maine | $8 | |||||||
| 144 | Conde & LeBeau RPO | 1909 | 883-C-2 | 3 | F-VF | B/W PPC, fishing from boat on Moreau River, LeBeau, S.D. | $6 | |||||||
| 145 | Denison & San Ant RPO | 1948 | 471-G-1 | 1 | VF | Color cacheted cover, MKT RR "Texas Special," with insert | $3 | |||||||
| 146 | Fairmont & Pickens RPO | 1907 | 286-U-1 | 2 | VF | UDB Color PPC, Latrobe St at night, Grafton, W.Va. | $5 | |||||||
| 147 | Fargo & LaMoure RPO | 1891 | 888-A-1 | 3 | F-VF+ | Cover to Shell Rock, Iowa. Cork killer. | $12 | |||||||
| 148 | Fitz & Thomasville RPO | 1910 | 379-C-2 | 2 | VF | Cute artsy color PPC, with couple and Cupid | $4 | |||||||
| 149 | Fond Du Lac & Iron Ridge RPO | 1915 | 846-D-1 | 3 | F-VF | Embossed PPC to FDL, Wis. Scarce! | $15 | |||||||
| 150 | Friesland & Wyeville RPO | 1916 | 842-G-1 | 3 | F-VF | Farm Produce dealer, Grand Marsh, Wis. cc and enclosure, to Wonewoc, Wis | $8 | |||||||
| 151 | Glen Camp & Cresson RPO | 1901 | 173-J-2 | 3 | F-VF+ | Preprint UX14, report of carloads leaving mine, Clearfield & Indiana Coal Co. | $5 | |||||||
| 152 | Grand Jct & Durango RPO | 1939 | 957-P-1 | 3 | VF | Commercial cover w/3c Prexy to USDA, nice receiving backstamp | $7 | |||||||
| 153 | Greycourt & Belvi RPO | 1914 | 252-B-1 | 2 | F-VF+ | UX24, to Belvedere, N.J. | $4 | |||||||
| 154 | Han & Gilmore RPO | 1919 | 821-B-1 | 2 | F-VF+ | Color PPC, child and a very shaggy dog. | $5 | |||||||
| 155 | Hayfield & Omaha RPO | 1910 | 775-A-1 | 2 | VG-F | Color Easter PPC. Creases | $5 | |||||||
| 156 | Horn & Sala RPO | 1909 | 125-V-3 | 2 | VF | PPC, Montreal Celeron at Chautauqua Lake, NY. | $4 | |||||||
| 157 | Mack & Rich RPO | 1909 | 620-T-1 | 2 | VF | Color PPC, many trains at Suburban Station, Petoskey, Michigan | $4 | |||||||
| 158 | Memphis & McGehee RPO | 1938 | 464.1-K-2 | 2 | VF | Philatelic card | $4 | |||||||
| 159 | Millhall & Bellefonte RPO | 1912 | 166.4-A-1 | 4 | VF | New Year PPC to Nittany, Pennsylvania | $10 | |||||||
| 160 | Milw & Adams RPO | 1933 | 842-H-1 | 2 | F-VF | C&NW RR route on commercial cover to Appleton | $10 | |||||||
| 161 | Ogd & Utica RPO | 1895 | 104-F-1 | 2 | F-VF | Railroad Envelope, Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg RR. Bit of wear. | $6 | |||||||
| 162 | Ok City & Lawton RPO | 1946 | 921.4-C-1 | 1 | VF | Philatelic UY13m | $4 | |||||||
| 163 | Perryville & C Girardeau RPO | 1914 | 820.3-D-1 | 3 | F-VF | Registry card, with VF Daisy, Mo. 4-bar. Better strike than catalog copy | $5 | |||||||
| 164 | Pop Bluff & Helena RPO | 1913 | 464.1-M-2 | 2 | VF | UX22 to Eden Publishing House, St. Louis. Tiny tear at L. | $5 | |||||||
| 165 | Portage & Madison RPO | 1908 | 859-D-1 | 2 | VF | Color PPC, sheep and chicken, to Portage, Wisconsin | $6 | |||||||
| 166 | Pres & Cache Jct RPO | 1938 | 973.2-B-1 | 2 | VF | Koelln philatelic card | $7 | |||||||
| 167 | Rumsey & Elmira RPO | 1907 | 992.8-B-4 | 3 | VF | 2c Hartford entire with Vacaville corner card, to Stockton, Calif. | $8 | |||||||
| 168 | Sag How City & Gd Raps RPO | 1903 | 633-G-1 | 4 | VF | 2c Hartford entire with Alma, MIch. cc, bit of soiling. Pere Marquette RR. | $15 | |||||||
| 169 | Salida & Silver RPO ED | 1897 | 955-M-1 | 4 | VF | Narrow Gauge. Fancy Alamosa, Colo. hotel envelope, open bit roughly at LR | $15 | |||||||
| 170 | Salis & Chatt RPO | 1906 | 329-J-2 | 2 | VF | Color PPC, Lovers bridge on Swannanoa, Asheville. Better than cat listing copy | $5 | |||||||
| 171 | Sed & Denison RPO | 1893 | 809-T-2 | 2 | VF | 2c Columbian entire U349 with Parsons, Kans. bank corner card, to Kans. City | $6 | |||||||
| 172 | Spokane Pasco & Port RPO | 1970 | 899.1-C-4 | 1 | VF | Philatelic cover, S P & S Railroad line | $3 | |||||||
| 173 | Spokane Wash Term RPO | 1938 | 906.5-A-8 | 2 | VF | Great Northern Railway envelope and PERFIN | $3 | |||||||
| 174 | St Alb & Monclo RPO | 1949 | 292.4-A-1 | 2 | VF | Philatelic UX27 | $4 | |||||||
| 175 | St Jos & Gr Island RPO | 1937 | 913-Q-1 | 1 | VF | Cacheted cvr, first RPO, Burlington Route, to Stamp Editor, Chi. Tribune | $4 | |||||||
| 176 | Table Rock & Oxford RPO | 1942 | 935-AB-1 | 2 | VF | Repurposed UY7m | $4 | |||||||
| 177 | Tama & Hawarden RPO | 1911 | 796-V-1 | 1 | Fine | 2c entire, trim at bit at right | $4 | |||||||
| 178 | Tama & Sioux City RPO | 1915 | 788-P-4 | 2 | VG | Cute color PPC | $5 | |||||||
| 179 | Tampa & Collier City RPO | 1939 | 388-I-1 | 1 | VF | Philatelic card, additional strike on back | $4 | |||||||
| 180 | Tampa & South Bocagrande RPO | 1943 | 395.3-C-1 | 1 | VF | Philatelic cover w/clerk dater at L | $5 | |||||||
| 181 | Taylors & Charlotte RPO | 1921 | 330-F-2 | 2 | VF | Small cover to Washington DC | $4 | |||||||
| 182 | Temple & Clovis RPO WD | 1939 | 484-F-1 | 2 | VF | Philatelic card | $4 | |||||||
| 183 | Texark & Pt Arthur RPO | 1905 | 827-unl | 1 | VG | 30.5mm, 2c Hartford ent, Ringer, La. cc, Mendon, Mich. straightline receiving | $5 | |||||||
| 184 | Tipler & Grn Bay RPO | 1938 | 834.3-D-1 | 2 | VF | Commercial cover to Welchbury, Ky. (DPO) Small stain at bottom | $6 | |||||||
| 185 | Tol & Charles RPO ND | 1948 | 598-C-1 | 1 | VF | Card w/two 1/2c Prexy and New York Central RR logo | $3 | |||||||
| 186 | Tol & Col RPO | 1909 | 580-D-1 | 1 | F,light | Color PPC, Hotel, Marion, Ohio | $3 | |||||||
| 187 | Tol Frank & St L RPO | 1911 | 585-E-1 | 2 | VG | Cute b/w PPC of a cat | $5 | |||||||
| 188 | Topeka & Ft Scott RPO | 1913 | 830.1-B-4 | 2 | F-VF+ | Color embossed Best Wishes PPC | $5 | |||||||
| 189 | Tracy & Watertown RPO | 1908 | 866-Z-2 | 2 | VG | PPC, Lake Rampoka, Watertown, S.D. | $5 | |||||||
| 190 | Trenton & L Brch RPO | 1947 | 245-G-1 | 1 | VF | Last trip, on philatelic card. Clerk's dater on reverse | $4 | |||||||
| 191 | Trinidad & Albuq RPO | 1927 | 911-BC-2 | 1 | VF | Registry card with Watrous, New Mexico duplex | $4 | |||||||
| 192 | Tucson & Los Angeles RPO | 1906 | 963-U-1 | 2 | F-VF+ | Arizona Territorial marking on UDB humorous color PPC | $6 | |||||||
| 193 | Tucson & Nogales RPO | 1941 | 965.2-A-4 | 2 | F-VF | Southern Pacific Railroad envelope, Amato, Ariz. origin | $6 | |||||||
| 194 | Tucum & El P RPO | 1962 | 969.3-G-2 | 1 | VF | Picture PC of a Southern Pacific 2-8-2 Pacific, stamp on picture side | $5 | |||||||
| 195 | Tulsa & Denison RPO | 1936 | 921.1-A-2 | 1 | VF | Commercial cover to Sam Fox Music Co., Cleveland, Ohio | $4 | |||||||
| 196 | Tulsa & Enid RPO | 1934 | 921.5-B-1 | 2 | VF | Commercially used UX27, from stamp collector to National Museum | $4 | |||||||
| 197 | Tuolumne & Stock RPO | 1933 | 989-G-2var | 3 | Fine | Train# not Direction on uprated 2c Washington Bicent entire, philatelic | $8 | |||||||
| 198 | University of Va Va TRANSIT | 1891 | 319-TRK-1 | F-VF | Backstamp on thin cover | $3 | ||||||||
| 199 | Victor & Idaho Falls RPO | 1952 | 890-V-2 | 2 | VF | Hotel cover, Illustrated back, philatelic use | $6 | |||||||
| 200 | Villisca & St Joseph RPO | 1938 | 798-D-2 | 2 | VF | Philatelic card, signed by the RPO clerk | $5 | |||||||
| 201 | Vincennes Ind Tr Clerk | 1908 | 680-R-7 | 2 | F-VF+ | B/W PPC, William Henry Harrison's Grandfather's House | $4 | |||||||
| 202 | Wabasha & Faribault RPO | 1909 | 877.2-B-2 | 2 | F-VF+ | Color embossed Minnesota souvenir postcard. Cancel part on stamp | $5 | |||||||
| 203 | Waco & Stamford RPO | 1937 | 465-I-2 | 2 | VF | Commercially used UX27 to Hampton, Virginia | $4 | |||||||
| 204 | Waco & Yoakum RPO | 1948 | 461-A-2 | 1 | VF | Repurposed UX27 to Hershel Rankin | $4 | |||||||
| 205 | Walla Walla & Pendleton RPO | 1943 | 896.5-H-1 | 2 | VF | Philatelic card with note on back about change of route, canceller | $6 | |||||||
| 206 | Wallace & Spokane RPO | 1939 | 896.7-A-3 | 2 | VF | Philatelic card with pair of 1/2c Prexy #803 | $4 | |||||||
| 207 | Wanaque & N Y RPO | 1948 | 253-C-1 | 2 | VF | Philatelic card with pair of 1/2c Prexy #803. 32 mi Erie RR route | $4 | |||||||
| 208 | Warroad & Crooks RPO | 1939 | 878.7-B-3 | 2 | VF | Commercial cover w/3c Prexy to Oil Inspection Div., St. Paul. Gum toning | $5 | |||||||
| 209 | Warroad & Duluth RPO | 1938 | 879.7-B-1 | 3 | VF | Koelln philatelic card | $5 | |||||||
| 210 | Wash & Charl RPO | 1945 | 302-Q-1 | 1 | VF | Southern Railway #12 cover with strip of three 1c Prexy #804, PERFINs | $4 | |||||||
| 211 | Wash & Charleston RPO | 1896 | 305-AF-6 | 1 | VF | Registry card with Monks Corner, Virginia CDS, sl edge wear | $4 | |||||||
| 212 | Wichita & Oakwood RPO | 1908 | 929-I-1 | 4 | VF | Color PPC, Government Building, Peoria, Illinois | $6 | |||||||
| 213 | Winsted & Bridge RPO | 1949 | 87-G-4 | 1 | VF | Cacheted cover, Naugatuck Railroad Centennial | $3 | |||||||
| Chicago Century of Progress and Railroad Fair (Bomar Numbers) | ||||||||||||||
| 214 | US RY Postal Car Exhibit Chicago Ill May 30 | 1933 | 745-D-24 C33-05a | VF | USS Akron Blimp Disaster Memoriam, Cacheted World's Fair cover | $3 | ||||||||
| 215 | US RY Postal Car Exhibit Chicago Ill Sep 1 | 1933 | 745-D-24 C33-05a | VF | RS cacheted cover, Century of Progress Air Races | $3 | ||||||||
| 216 | US RY Postal Car Exhibit Chicago Ill Oct 1 | 1933 | 745-D-24 C33-05b | VF | Color cachet cover, Chinese Day, DDS CC, str 3 1c Imperf, 2 Xmas Seals | $6 | ||||||||
| 217 | US RY Postal Car Exhibit Chicago Ill Nov 12 | 1933 | 745-D-24 C33-05a | VF | Burlington Route, Closing Day cacheted cover | $3 | ||||||||
| 218 | US RY Postal Car Exhibit Chicago Ill Jul 20 | 1934 | 745-D-24 C33-05a | VF | Burlington Route PPC, old and new RPO cars, 75th RPO Anniversary | $3 | ||||||||
| 219 | Chicago Railroad Fair Oct 1 | 1948 | 745-D-3 | VF | C&EI RR Exhibit Color PPC | $3 | ||||||||
| 220 | Chicago Railroad Fair Sep 30 | 1949 | 745-D-3 | VF | B&O RR "Cincinnatian" cacheted cover | $3 | ||||||||