Lot
4598 
Railroad Advertising, group of 24 including "Grand Trunk R.R. Co., Mobile, Ala." corner card on #147 cover; "Boston, Lowell & Nashua Rail-Road" embossed corner card on 2¢ #73 cover; "Old Colony & Newport Railway Co." 1863 Boston MA 2¢ #73 printed circular; "Erie Railway" fancy corner card on #114 cover; "Penn'a R.R. Service" corner card on Philadelphia Pa. #25 cover; "Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Co." corner card on Baltimore Md. #65 cover; "Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Co." corner card on "R.&G.&S.&R. R.R." route agent cds #147 cover; U58 with all-over "Little Rock and its Railroad Connections" map design on reverse; illustrated locomotive ads for Truman & Co. Express frank and Railway Supply Store, etc.; some mixed condition, F.-V.F. Estimate $400 - 600.
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Realized: $400
Lot 4599
Railroad Collateral and Ephemera, large group of 32 including contract documents, three Magnus city lettersheets of Buffalo, Newark and Albany, a wide range of Senate and House printed documents including 1856 Illinois Central R.R. report on transmission of mail and munitions; 1873 Table of Service of th Mail by Railroads; 1870 Letter from Postmaster General on Mail Contracts by Railroads; Boston Hartford and Erie R.R. stock certificate; 1855 First Annual Report of the Northern Central Railway Co.; Old Colony Railroad Map; Railway Passengers Assurance Co. ticket; 1837 Illinois Central R.R. bill to authorize land purchases for railway; etc., F.-V.F., a wonderful assemblage.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot
4600
(Railroad Illustrated) Pennsylvania Railroad Promotional Map Envelope, all-over illustrated design of PENNA RAIL ROAD route map on buff cover to Pottsville, Pa. bearing 3¢ dull red (11A) tied by blue Philadelphia cds, flap with brown shield cameo advertising (torn), Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Envelope posted at Philadelphia on April 14th circa 1853 with connecting routes to the west.
Realized: $300
Lot
4601
(Texas Western Railroad) "Texas Western R.R. Agency, Cincinnati, O.", illustrated locomotive agent corner card on buff cover bearing 1¢ blue (9) tied by blue circular grid cancel to Bardstown Ky., Very Fine; with 2013 P.F. certificate. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $675
Lot 4602
(Union Pacific Railroad) "Across the Continent West from Omaha, Nebraska 1868", subtitled "Progress of the the Union Pacific Railroad West From Omaha, Nebraska, Across the Continent. Making, With Its Connections, an Unbroken Line From the Atlantic To the Pacific Ocean. Eight Hundred and Twenty Miles Completed Sept.20, 1868. Offices, No.20 Nassau Street, New York."; New York: Published by the Company. C.A. Alvord, Printer, Pamphlet Edition, September 25th, 1868. Original printed and illustrated wrappers, full page map frontis, 'Map of the Union Pacific Rail Road and its Connections.' 40pp. Wraps a bit dusted with light extremity wear. Engraved text illustrations., F.-V.F.Estimate $200 - 300.
This rare pamphlet is one of several promotions describing-- as of different dates-- the status of the transcontinental railroad's construction, and the Union Pacific's progress. The Map and accompanying text detail the responsibilities of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads in completing the transcontinental railroad, with branches into Washington and Montana. The pamphlet details the agricultural and mineral resources of the land which the Road will open to settlement; the resources available to the Union Pacific [including government funding], the financial status of the Road, and the availability of mortgage bonds [which the rear wrapper also advertises].
Realized: $350
Lot
4603
(Union Pacific Railway) Map of the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, letterhead showing the U.P. map from the Office of Excelsior Manufacturing Co. datelined St. Louis May 21, 1868, F.-V.F. and scarce group. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $150