1879-1934 Railroad Ephemera Lot Standard Oil Buffalo Coal Portland Locomotive For Sale

Item:Envelopes and Post Cards
Subject:Railway Communications
Listed:From Earliest to Latest
Information Given:-The Company or Person Sending the Envelope/Post Card-Postmark-The Person Receiving the Correspondence-Some Include the Subject of the Correspondences(Disclaimer: I did use the help of Google Gemini to compile the list)

• The Buffalo Coal Co. (Freight Transit Log Card)
  • Postmark Date: October 9, 1879 (Rochester, New York)
  • Addressed To: J.E. Childs, Esq. (tracks exact coal car Nos. 1735, 284, and 235 signed by C.K. Minor)
• W.C. Duyckinck Railway, Machinists' & Mill Supplies
  • Postmark Date: November 22, 1880 (John Street, New York City)
  • Addressed To: Bridgewater Iron Co., Bridgewater, Massachusetts
• Boston & Providence Railroad (Master Mechanic Order Card)
  • Postmark Date: Circa 1881 (Roxbury / Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Addressed To: Bridgewater Iron Co. Office, 28 Broad St., Boston, Mass. (Order for 50 M.C.B. Standard Car Axles)
• Motley & Sterling Railway, Steamship & Machinists' Supplies
  • Postmark Date: April 26, 1881 (John Street, New York City)
  • Addressed To: Bridgewater Iron Co., Bridgewater, Massachusetts
• Geo. Dunbar & Co. Railroad, Miners' & Mill Supplies
  • Postmark Date: July 16, 1881 (Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Addressed To: Bridgewater Iron Co., Bridgewater, Massachusetts
• Kilpatrick Bros., Railroad Contractors
  • Postmark Date: April 29, 1886 (Beatrice, Nebraska)
  • Addressed To: W.H. Kilpatrick, Beatrice, Nebraska (with notation "Broken Bow, Neb.")
• Lazell, Perkins & Co. (Historic predecessor to Bridgewater Iron)
  • Postmark Date: January 25, 1887 (Hartford, Connecticut)
  • Addressed To: Lazell, Perkins & Co. (John Rogers), Bridgewater, Massachusetts (Locomotive Crank Shaft request)
• N.O. Railway Supply & Mfg Co.
  • Postmark Date: November 1, 1887 (New Orleans, Louisiana)
  • Addressed To: Regional Industrial Transit File
• H.J. Coon & Co. Grain Market Price Sheet
  • Postmark Date: August 12, 1889 (Distributed out of Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Addressed To: Commercial Grain Trade File (Dense wholesale price matrix for "Lake and Rail" corn and oats)
• Missouri, Kansas & Texas Real Estate Trust Co.
  • Postmark Date: Circa late-1800s (Kansas City, Missouri)
  • Addressed To: Amos J. Blake, Esq., Fitzwilliam Savings Bank, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire
• Norfolk & Virginia Beach Railroad & Improvement Co.
  • Postmark Date: November 30 (Circa late-1800s, Norfolk, Virginia)
  • Addressed To: Recipient in Richmond, Virginia
• Chicago & North-Western Railway (T.S. Rattle Contracting Agent Card)
  • Postmark Date: Circa late-1800s (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Addressed To: Commercial Freight Logistics Transit File
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O Corn Shipping Letterhead Document)
  • Postmark Date: July 13, 1901 (Troy, Ohio letterhead)
  • Addressed To: D.K. Gillespie, Lockington, Ohio (urgent order for 2 B&O cars of yellow corn)
• Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway System (MK&T "The Katy" Hotel Dept. Cover)
  • Postmark Date: Circa 1902 (Texas transit)
  • Addressed To: Recipient in Sherman, Texas
• Joseph R. Lehmer Railway & General Supplies (All-Wrought Steel Split Pulley Graphic)
  • Postmark Date: April 3, 1903 (Omaha, Nebraska)
  • Addressed To: Omaha Electrical Works, Omaha, Nebraska (Reverse features handwritten 38' Hatchway field sketch)
• The Safety Car Heating and Lighting Co.
  • Postmark Date: 1907 (Chicago, Illinois to South Haven, Michigan backstamp)
  • Addressed To: Mrs. E. W. Sweet, South Haven, Michigan
• Standard Oil Co. of New York (East Boston Dept. Tank Car Card)
  • Postmark Date: Circa 1908 (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Addressed To: The Draper Co., Hopedale, Massachusetts (tracks U.T.L. Fuel Oil Tank Car, stamped code "921")
• Edward N. Getzler Freight Bill Auditor
  • Postmark Date: Circa early-1900s (Pre-printed McKinley Postal Card from Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit, Michigan)
  • Addressed To: Commercial Advertising Solicitation Mailer
• W.E. Tripp, Contractor for Railroad Cross-Ties & Lumber
  • Postmark Date: September 20, 1911 (South Webster, Ohio)
  • Addressed To: Peebles & Geshner Iron Co., Parkersburg, West Virginia
• Railway Equipment Company (Bold Red Locomotive Text Design)
  • Postmark Date: April 26, 1911 (Portland, Oregon) — Arrived May 1, 1911 (Rome, NY Backstamp)
  • Addressed To: Mr. G. Southwick, Rome, New York
• Merchants and Manufacturers Association
  • Postmark Date: May 20, 1911 (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Addressed To: C.C. Miller, Martinsville, Indiana (tracks a 380 lb freight shipment, Serial No. 14120)
• John Deere Plow Co. Postal Card
  • Postmark Date: November 26, 1912 (Moline, Illinois)
  • Addressed To: Recipient in Lime Springs, Iowa (Detailed factory railroad service notice)
• Price Brothers Limited Wholesale Lumber
  • Postmark Date: July 15, 1920 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
  • Addressed To: Freight Agent, Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway (B.R.&P.), Rochester, New York (Tracks Lumber Car No. 59602)
• Georgia Railroad Bank Envelope
  • Postmark Date: December 12, 1922 (Augusta, Georgia)
  • Addressed To: Joel H. DuBose, Atlanta, Georgia (Features highly collected "Fight Tuberculosis / Christmas Seals" slogan strike)
• The Quality Press (Canadian Exportation Notice Slip)
  • Postmark Date: Effective March 15, 1922 (Providence, Rhode Island)
  • Addressed To: Commercial Shipping Merchants File (Custom stamp advisory for border trade)
• Chicago Engineer Supply Company (CESCO Window Envelope)
  • Postmark Date: November 12, 1934 (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Features: Rare purple 3-cent stamp with crisp "Red Cross Roll Call / JOIN" machine slogan cancellation.
• Terence Nagy Washington D.C. Envelope
  • Postmark Date: Modern era transit notes
  • Addressed To: 1507 "M" St. N.W., Washington D.C.