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United States and Confederate Stamps Postal History continued...

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Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2023   Richard S. Ewell.> Confederate States General nicknamed Old Baldy, signature on Mar. 15, 1870 handwritten check for $3,600 drawn on the Third National Bank in Nashville, Tenn., 2c Orange Bank Check perforated revenue at top left cancelled by EwellRichard S. Ewell. Confederate States General nicknamed "Old Baldy", signature on Mar. 15, 1870 handwritten check for $3,600 drawn on the Third National Bank in Nashville, Tenn., 2c Orange Bank Check perforated revenue at top left cancelled by Ewell's personal initials and date, typical filing cuts slightly affect signature, Fine, with engraved portrait with facsimile signature beneath (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2024   Ben Holladay.> Financier and transportation tycoon, signature as president of the railroad on a part-printed Nov. 3, 1870 Oregon and California Railroad check for $350.00, nice train vignette at left and 2c Orange Revenue Stamp Paper RN-16 at center,Ben Holladay. Financier and transportation tycoon, signature as president of the railroad on a part-printed Nov. 3, 1870 Oregon and California Railroad check for $350.00, nice train vignette at left and 2c Orange Revenue Stamp Paper RN-16 at center, Very Fine (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2025   Simon Lake. Mechanical engineer and naval architect, incl. 1p ALS on Lake Torpedo Boat Co. letterhead dated Sep. 12, 1901 writing to a Mr. G.B. Wheeler, applying for the position of bookkeeper, also 1915 signed check, another signed check from 1934 with his ms. "The Lake Submarine Salvage Co." above signature, also with Lake Torpedo Boat Co. stock certificate from 1920, last item is postcard with view of one of his submarines, Very Fine, an excellent holding from one of the fathers of the modern submarine E. 400-500

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
2026   Robert E. Lee.> Commanding General of the Armies of the Confederate States of America, <<R E Lee>> signature on Mar. 2, 1867 draft executed at Rockbridge Va. for $30.00, being interest due for the period July 1, 1866, and January 1, 1867, on $500.0Robert E. Lee. Commanding General of the Armies of the Confederate States of America, "R E Lee" signature on Mar. 2, 1867 draft executed at Rockbridge Va. for $30.00, being interest due for the period July 1, 1866, and January 1, 1867, on $500.00 of Ohio State Stocks "standing in the name of Captain Robert E. Lee on the books in your office", personally initialed and dated 2c Orange U.S.I.R. perforated, Very Fine, with attractive portrait (Image) E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
2027   Benjamin Lincoln.> Major General in the Continental Army, received General Cornwallis sword at the British surrender at Yorktown, signature as Collector for the Port of Boston and Charlestown on July 28, 1802 part-printed importation document for onBenjamin Lincoln. Major General in the Continental Army, received General Cornwallis' sword at the British surrender at Yorktown, signature as Collector for the Port of Boston and Charlestown on July 28, 1802 part-printed importation document for one hogshead of rum from St. Vincent, embossed revenue Supervisor's Seal of Mass. (RM511), Very Fine, with engraved portrait with facsimile signature beneath (Image) E. 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
2028 c William Livingston.> Delegate to Continental Congress, Governor of New Jersey, free frank <<Governor Livingston>> on folded cover addressed in his hand to William Moore as <<President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of PennsylWilliam Livingston. Delegate to Continental Congress, Governor of New Jersey, free frank "Governor Livingston" on folded cover addressed in his hand to William Moore as "President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania", docketed Aug. 27, 1782, Very Fine (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2029 c Augustine Prevost.> British General in Revolutionary War, one-page autograph letter signed, datelined Croghan Forest, Aug. 11, 1771, to Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, colonial landowner and military figure, with his receipt doAugustine Prevost. British General in Revolutionary War, one-page autograph letter signed, datelined Croghan Forest, Aug. 11, 1771, to Sir William Johnson, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, colonial landowner and military figure, with his receipt docketing, the letter concerns obtaining permission for the discharge of an indenture and refers to George Croghan (Indian agent, fur trader and military officer), second page inlaid, minor splitting along folds, scarce (Image) E. 400-500

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
2030   John Sevier.> Revolutionary War officer, first governor of Tennessee, governor of the State of Frankland, which was established in 1784 but later absorbed into Tennessee, autograph document signed <<John Sevier>>, dated Aug. 29, 1781, headed <<SJohn Sevier. Revolutionary War officer, first governor of Tennessee, governor of the "State of Frankland", which was established in 1784 but later absorbed into Tennessee, autograph document signed "John Sevier", dated Aug. 29, 1781, headed "State of North Carolina", to the "Sheriff of Washington N.C.", an order directing the sheriff to bring someone before the court, folds and toning, in the absence of a Frankland post office cover, this signed Sevier document makes a good substitute (Image) E. 500-750

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
2031   William H. Seward, Gideon Welles.> Lincoln Cabinet Members, Secretaries of State and the Navy respectively, signatures on separate checks with 2c First Issue Perforated Revenues, each stamp personally initialed, Very Fine, with engraved portraits witWilliam H. Seward, Gideon Welles. Lincoln Cabinet Members, Secretaries of State and the Navy respectively, signatures on separate checks with 2c First Issue Perforated Revenues, each stamp personally initialed, Very Fine, with engraved portraits with facsimile signatures beneath (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2032   General Tom Thumb.> Stage name for Charles Sherwood Stratton, who worked with P. T. Barnum for many years, he and three other colleagues (Strattons wife Livinia, Commodore George Washington M. Nutt and Minnie Warren) featured on a reproduction p"General" Tom Thumb. Stage name for Charles Sherwood Stratton, who worked with P. T. Barnum for many years, he and three other colleagues (Stratton's wife Livinia, "Commodore" George Washington M. Nutt and Minnie Warren) featured on a reproduction photograph made from a registered Brady negative, the scene is entitled "Lilliputian Card Party", printed facsimile signatures of the reverse along with First Issue Revenue 1c Express perforated, Fine (Image) E. 150-200

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
2033   Cornelius Vanderbilt.> Railroad tycoon, Dutch style signature (Van Derbilt in two words) on a Jan. 13, 1871 Power of Attorney for proxy voting on stock of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, tax paid by horizontal pair 5c Inland Exchange First IssCornelius Vanderbilt. Railroad tycoon, Dutch style signature ("Van Derbilt" in two words) on a Jan. 13, 1871 Power of Attorney for proxy voting on stock of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, tax paid by horizontal pair 5c Inland Exchange First Issue perforated, both initialed "CV" and dated, Very Fine, with engraved portrait (Image) E. 300-400

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

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