Territorial and Western Usages continued...
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Lot Description |
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| 2121 |
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 NEW
DIGGINGS W. T. April 4. Straightline handstamp struck twice with date in ms. on 1846 folded letter to New York, matching "10" in circle handstamp, fresh and Very Fine Wisconsin territorial marking (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2122 |
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 PENSACOLA/Feb. 18. Neat strike of two-line handstamp with ms. "Pho. Wright Pay Master" and "Free" on 1822 folded letter to Washington D.C., light vertical file folds, gently cleaned, Very Fine
strike used during American Military Government period (Image)Search for
comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 400-500
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2123 |
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 PENSACOLA/Feb.
21st. Bold strike of two-line handstamp on 1823 folded letter to Washington D.C., endorsed "Public Service" and also "Free", fresh and Very Fine territorial period use (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 500-750
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2124 |
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 Sacramento Cal., Mar. 25. Well-struck oval datestamp on 1850 folded letter to Bennington Mich., red crayon "40" rate, interesting contents about mining conditions, some slight wear, Very Fine strike
of the marking and a wonderful gold-mining cover (Image)Search for comparables at
SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 200-300
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2125 |
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 "St. Louis October 26". Ms. pmk. with matching "25" rate on 1809 folded letter to East Hartford Conn., datelined "Belle Fontaine near St. Louis 23rd October 1809", fascinating political contents incl.
"The French Settlers generally in this country, express to feel the greatest Solicitude for the welfare of that Tyrant Bonaparte. In fact his Success or Ill Success may be traced to the countenance of almost every Frenchman -- I wish we could all
be Americans", Very Fine, attractive early use from St. Louis as part of Territory of Louisiana (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 200-300
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2126 |
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 ST. LOUIS/DEC 2. Ty. I
with roman letters, clear strike with ms. "25" rate on 1816 folded letter to Watertown Mass., endorsed "Mail via Washington", some slight wear, Very Fine (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2127 |
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 SAN FRANCISCO. Perfect strike of straightline handstamp, magenta ms. "June 20" date and "40" rate on brown cover to Clinton N.J., 1849 receipt docketing, couple light creases in cover, Very Fine,
this is the earliest recorded use of the rare San Francisco straightline -- essentially a first day of use after Postmaster R. T. Allen arrived on June 15, 1849, and prepared the mail for the first trip of the PMSS Panama, departing
June 20th (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2128 |
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 San Francisco to Berlin, Germany. Buff cover with light strike of red "San Francisco Cal. 15 Jan." circular datestamp with matching "Paid" and "56" handstamps to Berlin, Germany, various ms.
rates, endorsed "pr Mail Steamer via Panama and England", red "U.S. Pkt." handstamp, receiving backstamp, some slight wear and soiling, still Fine, scarce transatlantic use from California (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2129 |
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 "Japan Mch. 7, 1865". Ms. origin notation on blue cover to Ellington Conn., endorsed "p. Lucy E. Ashby" and with "San Francisco Cal. Apr. 10, 1865" double-circle datestamp and "Ship 12" handstamp, embossed
"W & Co. Japan" on top flap, some edgewear incl. small tears, still Very Fine, the Bark Lucy E. Ashby arrived in San Francisco on April 9 after 31 days in transit from Yokohama (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 500-750
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2130 |
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 Mazatlan to San Francisco. Blue 1860 folded letter with "Consulate U.S.A. Mazatlan" handstamp to San Francisco, neat "San Francisco Cal. Jun. 7, 1860" circular datestamp with matching "Ship 6"
clamshell handstamp, light file folds, Very Fine strikes (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 2131 |
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 New York to San Francisco. Legal-size cover with two different styles of red "New York Paid May 5" circular datestamp to San Francisco, with Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co. illustrated corner
card, pencil "20" rate, light wear, Very Fine, attractive (Image)Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com |
E. 300-400
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
