(Kentucky Military Institute) Military Institute, Franklin Co., Ky., Col E.W. Morgan, Supt., fancy Eagle & Shield handstamp used as a corner card on cover to Pennsylvania, franked with 1851, 3¢ dull red tied by Frankfort, Ky. cds; cover staining, about Fine. Scott No. 11  Estimate $100 - 150. $0 (Image)

(Kentucky Military Institute) Military Institute, Franklin Co., Ky., Col E.W. Morgan, Supt., clear full strike of fancy Eagle & Shield postmark with "Feby 9" date below, on 1855, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to Louisiana, matching "Paid 3" in circle canceling indicia; cover edge splitting and repaired corner erosion at top right, otherwise Very Fine, quite certainly The Finest Known Strike of This Extremely Rare Fancy Military Postmark. Estimate  $3,000 - 4,000. Military Institute, Franklin Co., Ky., was one of the two Kentucky post offices making use of a county postmark before the Civil War. The other being Lodge, Ky. in Fulton county on stampless covers. Not only is this fancy "Eagle & Shield" a county postmark, but it is a college handstamp and a postmaster's, as well as E.W. Morgan shown as "Supt." doubled as postmaster with the post office being in one of the school's buildings. $0 (Image)