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U.S. Stampless continued...

U.S. 18th Century continued...
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
2093 image1799 Stampless Folded Letter, Hanover New Hampshire to Cambridge, Straightline "Hanover, N.H. Oct. 19", Paid 12 1/2c Rate
Heavily struck straightline "Hanover, N.H. Oct. 19" on 1799 folded letter to Cambridge, Massachusetts. Postmark heavily struck and missing comma. Marked "PAID" with manuscript rate "12 1/2" cents.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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300 to 500US$

Selling for...US$150.00
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2094 image1799 Stampless Folded Letter, Portsmouth New Hampshire to Worcester, Two-Line "PORTSMOUTH, N.H./ MAY 8" Handstamp, Rated 12 1/2c
Very Attractive and Choice Strike

Handstruck "PORTSMOUTH,N.H./ MAY 8" on folded letter sheet to Worcester, Massachusetts. Manuscript rate "12 1/2" cents.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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300 to 500US$

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2095 image1799 Stampless Folded Letter, Charleston to North Carolina, Straightline "CH, MA, 4", Manuscript "40" Double Rate
Very Fine and Choice

Full sharp strike of straightline "CH,MA,4" on 1799 folded letter sheet to Williamton, North Carolina. Manuscript rate "40" cents. Double-rate letter.

Provenance: Ex Donald Thompson(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3)

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300 to 500US$

Selling for...US$150.00
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2096 RM88 image#RM88 30c Kentucky Embossed Revenue on 1800 Promissory Note Signed by John Silver, First Federal Issue of Kentucky
Rare Example on Bond

Clear impression on reverse of March 5, 1800 single bond, with a couple file folds through the embossing, otherwise Fine.

Provenance: Ex Tolman
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300 to 500US$

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2097 image1800 Black New York City Clamshell on Privately Carried Drop Letter
Second Earliest Recorded Drop Letter, Only ~5 NYC Clamshell Drop Letters Recorded

Folded letter datelined Stockbridge, Massachusetts, November 7, 1800, privately carried to New York City and dropped at the post office, where it received the New York “clamshell” handstamp and manuscript “1” rate for drop letter service. Addressed to Mr. Timothy Green, Fair Street, New York. The letter was mailed under the provisions of the Postal Act of February 20, 1792, which authorized a 1c fee for letters delivered within the same post office. The letter’s contents include period commentary: “Politicks run high here and Religion low.” This is among the earliest documented drop letters recorded.
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100 to 200US$

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18th Century American Historical Documents

18th Century American Historical Documents
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
2097A Other image1780 State of Connecticut, Revolutionary War Pay Orders to Connecticut Line Soldiers of the Continental Army, Signed by Peter Colt
Signed by Peter Colt, Grandfather of Firearms Manufacturer Samuel Colt

Four sequential serial-numbered Connecticut Line certificates, each acknowledging a debt of the State of Connecticut to a named soldier for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army, payable on or before June 1, 1785 in gold or silver, or bills of credit equivalent in value, with lawful interest from the first day of January, payable annually each June 1 on demand, pursuant to an act of the General Assembly held at Hartford the second Thursday of May. The four are issued to John Smart, nine pounds, seventeen shillings and eight pence (serial 18,527); Clark Herrington, ten pounds, nineteen shillings and six pence (serial 18,528); Ezekiel Herrington, eight pounds, seventeen shillings and one penny (serial 18,529); and Reuben Miller, fourteen pounds, eight shillings and two pence (serial 18,530). Certificates of this issue were prepared to settle balances of back pay owed to Connecticut soldiers. Peter Colt (1744–1824) served as Deputy Commissary General of Purchases for the Eastern Department with the rank of colonel, and was later Treasurer of Connecticut, in which office he signed certificates of this issue.References: Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10) (Image 11) (Image 12) (Image 13)

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Estimate Range:
1,200 to 1,600US$

Selling for...US$1,000.00
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2097B Other image1789 State of Connecticut Superior Court Order to Shubael Abbe, Signed by Clerk George Pitkin and Oliver Wolcott Jr.
An Order Paying for the Execution of a Warrant and the Whipping of a Convicted Horse Thief

Connecticut Superior Court order, partially printed and dated at the Windham County adjourned Superior Court in January 1789. The order directs the State Treasurer to pay Shubael Abbe three pounds (£3) out of the taxes appropriated for the Civil List for executing a warrant and whipping one David Phelps, convicted of horse stealing at the September session of the Superior Court. It is addressed to "John Lawrence, Esq. Treasurer" and signed on the face by the clerk, George Pitkin. The verso carries the Comptroller’s Office registration at Hartford, numbered 417 and dated 1789, signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr. as Comptroller of Public Accounts, later Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, together with a further signature of Isaac Avery and a docket reading "Civil List Order £3.0.0." Cancelled by a punch hole. The order is signed by George Pitkin (1729–1806), who held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and signature of Treasurer John Lawrence (1719–1802).References: Oliver Wolcott(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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300 to 350US$

Selling for...US$200.00
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2097C Other image1782 State of Connecticut, Revolutionary War Treasury Bonds to Connecticut Line Soldier Abel Stockwell of the Continental Army, Signed by John Lawrence
Pair of Connecticut Revolutionary War Treasury Bonds

Two sequential serial-numbered Connecticut Line certificates, dated "Treasury-Office, June 1, A.D. 1782," each partially printed and signed by John Lawrence as Treasurer of Connecticut, acknowledging a debt of the State of Connecticut to Abel Stockwell for service in the Connecticut Line of the Continental Army. The two are issued to Abel Stockwell, one for five pounds, eleven shillings and seven pence, payable on or before June 1, 1787 (serial 4306), and the other for three pounds, six shillings and one penny, payable on or before June 1, 1788 (serial 4307), representing successive quarter-installments of the soldier’s balance. Certificates of this issue were prepared to settle balances of back pay owed to Connecticut soldiers. Each is cancelled by a punch hole. John Lawrence (1719–1802) served as Treasurer of the Colony and State of Connecticut from 1769 to 1789 and signed certificates of this issue throughout his tenure; he was succeeded in the treasurership by Peter Colt.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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800 to 950US$

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2097D Other image1785 State of Connecticut, Order on the Treasury for the Sheriff of Litchfield County, Signed by Oliver Ellsworth, Benjamin Huntington, and Hezekiah Rogers
Signed by Oliver Ellsworth, Architect of the "Great Compromise" and Later Chief Justice of the United States

Manuscript order dated "Hartford 13th May 1785," directing payment from the State Treasury to Lynde Lord, Esquire, Sheriff of Litchfield County, of eight pounds lawful money (£8) out of the taxes granted for the support of civil government, the sum being for distributing the law books and proclamations for Litchfield County the preceding year and for attending the election in May 1785. The order is addressed to "John Lawrence Esq. Treasurer" and signed on the face by three Connecticut officials: Oliver Ellsworth, Benjamin Huntington, and Hezekiah Rogers. Docketed "Sheriff Lord’s Order, £8.0.0, 13 May 1785," and signed by Lynde Lord as the payee’s receipt. Oliver Ellsworth (1745–1807) and Benjamin Huntington (1736–1800) were two of Connecticut’s most prominent statesmen. Ellsworth was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later served as the third Chief Justice of the United States; Huntington was a lawyer and jurist who held a number of state offices.References: Oliver Ellsworth: A Featured Biography(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8)

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600 to 850US$

Selling for...US$500.00
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2097E Other image1795 North American Land Company, Share Certificate Signed by Robert Morris as President of the Company
Robert Morris, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution

Partly-printed share certificate of the North American Land Company, numbered 1375 and representing share 15,614. It certifies that Dr. Enoch Edwards is entitled to one share in the entire property of the company, the dividend whereof shall not be less than six dollars on each share annually, conformably to articles of agreement executed at Philadelphia the twentieth day of February 1795, transferable only at the company’s office. Signed by order of the Board of Managers at Philadelphia the eighteenth day of April 1795 by Robert Morris as President and James Marshall as Secretary, brother of Chief Justice John Marshall. The North American Land Company was founded on February 20, 1795 by Robert Morris, James Greenleaf, and John Nicholson; it held 30,000 shares of stock at $100 each against six million acres of land in Pennsylvania, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia, and was one of the largest land trusts in American history. Robert Morris was one of the most influential financial figures in American history, often referred to as the “Financier of the Revolution” for his critical role in funding the Continental Army during the War for Independence. Morris signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States ConstitutionReferences: Robert Morris(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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2097F Other image1782 State of Connecticut, Pay-Table Office Order Paying Deputy Quartermaster Ralph Pomeroy, Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr. and William Moseley
Second Secretary of the Treasury of the United States and Governor of Connecticut

Connecticut Pay-Table Office order dated at Hartford the 30th of January 1782, directing the State Treasurer to pay Ralph Pomeroy, Esquire, Deputy Quartermaster, the sum of one pound, two shillings and six pence (£1 2s 6d) out of the tax granted by the General Assembly, and charge the State. The order is addressed to "John Lawrence Esq. Treasurer" and signed on the face by two members of the Committee of the Pay-Table, Oliver Wolcott Jr. and William Moseley. Endorsed "For Ralph Pomeroy" and signed by Andrew Kingsbury as clerk, and signed by Ralph Pomeroy. The Committee of the Pay-Table, known as the Committee of Four, handled Connecticut’s military finances during the Revolution. The order brings together several men who went on to hold the highest fiscal offices of the state and nation. Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760–1833), son of Declaration signer and Governor Oliver Wolcott Sr., here a member of the Pay-Table, later served as the second Secretary of the Treasury of the United States under George Washington, succeeding Alexander Hamilton, and as Governor of Connecticut. Andrew Kingsbury, then a clerk in Ralph Pomeroy’s quartermaster office, served in the Comptroller’s office, was appointed Comptroller of Public Accounts, and in 1793 was elected Treasurer of the State of Connecticut, an office he held until 1818. Ralph Pomeroy is related to George Eltweed Pomeroy founder of Pomeroy's Express. Ralph Pomeroy (1737–1819), the Deputy Quartermaster named in this order, was a second cousin twice removed of George Eltweed Pomeroy (1807–1886), founder of Pomeroy's Letter Express (Scott 117L), whose 1844 local stamps are among the cornerstones of United States carrier-and-local philately. Both men descend from Medad Pomeroy (b. 1638), son of the Windsor, Connecticut, immigrant Eltweed Pomeroy; Ralph through Medad's son Joseph, George through Medad's son Ebenezer. References: George Eltweed Pomeroy (1807 - 1886) Family Tree(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Selling for...US$300.00
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2097G Other image1795 State of Connecticut, Lebanon School Money Certificate Signed by William Williams, Addressed to Treasurer Andrew Kingsbury
William Williams, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the Consitution.

Manuscript Connecticut tax and financial order dated June 8, 1795, written in manuscript and endorsed by additional local officials and witnesses. The document concerns the collection or settlement of state taxes assessed in earlier years. It is signed by William Williams (1731–1811), who signed the Declaration of Independence on behalf of Connecticut in 1776. By 1795, Williams was among the last surviving members of the founding generation, and documents bearing his signature from this later period are increasingly difficult to locate.References: William Williams, Signer of the Declaration of Independence(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6)

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Selling for...US$1,300.00
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2097H Other image1777 State of Massachusetts Bay, "Sword in Hand" Six Percent Treasury Loan Certificate, Signed by Treasurer Henry Gardner
State of Massachusetts Bay six percent treasury loan certificate, numbered 3531 and dated December 1, 1777, printed within an engraved border, with the "Sword in Hand" device at upper left and the motto "ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM." The certificate acknowledges receipt from Nathan Bliss of ten pounds, two shillings (£10 2s) for the use and service of the State, the Treasurer promising on behalf of the State and his successors in office to repay Nathan Bliss or bearer by the first day of March 1781 the said sum with interest annually at six percent per annum. It is signed by Henry Gardner (1731–1782), the first Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, and by committee members Ezekiel Price (1727–1802), John Scollay (1711–1790), and Peter Boyer (1731–1790). The "Sword in Hand" device on the Massachusetts treasury loan certificates of this period was engraved by Nathaniel Hurd, following Paul Revere’s design for the Massachusetts "Sword in Hand" currency. With no fully formed federal government to fund the war, the individual states largely financed the Revolution themselves, Massachusetts borrowing from its citizens through interest-bearing loan certificates of this kind.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7)

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Estimate Range:
800 to 950US$

Selling for...US$500.00
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2097I Other image1780 Pennsylvania, Revolutionary War Horse Bond, Furnished by Frederick King, Signed by John Thompson
Pennsylvania horse bond issued in Bucks County, partially printed within a decorative border and headed "Pennsylvania. [N° 133.]" over "Bucks County." It certifies that Frederick King of the Township of Haycock "has furnished this State, for the Use of the United States, with a roan Mare 14 Years old 14 hands high," appraised by two freeholders on oath at thirty-one pounds, seventeen shillings and six pence (£31 17s 6d), for which the State acknowledges itself indebted to him in that sum with interest. Dated the 19th of August 1780 and signed by John Thompson, Wagon Master, Bucks County. The verso is docketed "Bucks County No 133," "Paid Sept’r 4, 1781," and "Frederick King £31..17..6," with additional manuscript endorsements.(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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1,000 to 1,350US$

Selling for...US$800.00
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2097J Other image1790 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Militia Commission Appointing Captain Ebenezer Weeks, Signed by Governor John Hancock and John Avery
Signed by John Hancock, First Signer of the Declaration of Independence

Massachusetts military commission dated September 21, 1790 and signed by John Hancock as Governor of Massachusetts. The document is partially printed with a large heading, "By His EXCELLENCY John Hancock, Esq. GOVERNOUR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS," and a paper-covered wafer seal of the Commonwealth at upper left. It appoints Ebenezer Weeks to the rank of "Captain of a Company in the second Regiment third Brigade and fifth division of the militia of this Commonwealth comprehending the Counties of Plimouth, Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes County & Nantucket." Signed by John Hancock at left beneath the Massachusetts seal and countersigned by John Avery Jr. as Secretary of the Commonwealth. John Hancock (1737-1793) remains one of the most celebrated figures of the American Revolution, remembered as President of the Continental Congress and for his iconic signature on the Declaration of Independence. Also signing the commission is John Avery (1739-1806), whose attestation appears at the bottom as Secretary of the Commonwealth.References: John Hancock Biography(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5) (Image 6) (Image 7) (Image 8) (Image 9) (Image 10)

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15,000 to 17,000US$

Selling for...US$10,000.00
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U.S. Stampless

U.S. 19th Century
Lot Symbol Catalog No Descrip Opening
2098 imageW. L. Hinch, Two Strikes of Fancy Eagle & Stars Ornamented Mortised Handstamp (Type G) on Cover, Carried Out of the Mails
Very Attractive Usage

The cover addressed to New Haven, Illinois, bearing two bold strikes of the "W. L. HINCH" eagle & stars fancy ornamented linen marker, used privately and carried outside the mails. The cover with additional contemporary manuscript notations on front and back.
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500 to 1,000US$

Selling for...US$260.00
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2099 image1801, March 11 and 12 Stampless Folded Letters with Two Separate U.S. Army General Orders, Washington D.C. to to Fort Washington
Stampless folded letter datelined "Head Quarters, City of Washington" and addressed to the Commanding Officer and Fort Washington, carried as official military mail with manuscript "Public Service" and signature of E.D. Turner, Brigade Inspector. The folded letter encloses two separate manuscript General Orders issued from Army Headquarters in the City of Washington on consecutive days, each signed by Brigade Inspector E.D. Turner. The first, dated March 11, 1801, sets the disposition of subaltern officers for the 2d Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers, listing sixteen Captains' companies with the assigned Lieutenants for each, together with the regimental Pay Master, Adjutant, and Quarter Master. The order assigns Captain Lillie's company to the 2d Battalion at Fort Jay in New York Harbor, Captain Beall's company to the 3d Battalion in Newport Harbor, and Captain Dunham's company to the 4th Battalion at Fort Independence. The second, dated March 12, 1801, sets the corresponding disposition for the 1st Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers. The company late under Captain Elliot is reassigned to Captain Tallman, and sixteen further companies are listed with their assigned Lieutenants and the regimental Adjutant, Quarter Master, and Pay Master. The orders were issued during the first weeks of the Jefferson administration, which had taken office on March 4, 1801, and document the officer assignments of the United States Army's two regular regiments of Artillerists and Engineers as established under the Act of May 9, 1794.
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500 to 600US$

Selling for...US$240.00
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2100 image1808 Printed Military Circular to Plymouth with Printed Subscription Circular for a Military Tactics Manual
Carried in Military Mail

Stampless folded letter and printed circular, datelined Boston, April 1808, addressed to "Lieut. Colonel Thomas Lincoln of the 3d Regt. of Infantry, 2d Brigade, 5th Division" at Plymouth. In order for mail to go through the Military Mails, the piece had to relate to Military business, which the book on Military Tactics qualified. The enclosure is a printed solicitation circular signed in manuscript by J. Amelot De Lacroix, a French émigré officer residing at No. 7 Summer Street, Boston, addressed to American militia officers seeking subscribers for a forthcoming manual on modern military tactics. The author cites "the critical situation, and actual circumstances of the United States...threatened with inevitable war," and offers to prepare "for the immediate use of the American forces a complete system of modern tacticks in their most minute detail, accompanied with necessary plates to enable the officers of all grades completely to acquire the destructive but necessary art of war." The recipient is asked to circulate the proposal among his military friends and to forward subscriber names and advance payments to the author at the Boston address. The recipient was Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lincoln of Plymouth, Massachusetts, commanding the 3d Regiment of Infantry, 2d Brigade of the 5th Division of the Massachusetts militia. The circular was issued during the diplomatic crisis over British and French interference with American shipping that followed the Embargo Act of December 1807, four years before the formal declaration of the War of 1812.
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500 to 600US$

Selling for...US$240.00
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2101 imageG. P. Office Dead Letter, Brown Double-Circle Handstamp on 1826 Folded Cover to New York
Stampless folded letter datelined "Albany December 22, 1826" and addressed to Mr. Alden Scovel at the Theological Seminary. Struck with a red Albany circular datestamp dated "26" and a brown "G.P. Office / Dead Letter" double-circle handstamp at top. Manuscript "No 860 / June 26" in red ink at upper left, with manuscript rate markings of "37½" over "56¼" and the notation "unclaimed" across the address panel. Mailed at Albany to a recipient at the Theological Seminary. After remaining unclaimed, the letter was forwarded to the General Post Office Dead Letter Office, where it received the "Dead Letter" handstamp and processing number 860 dated June 26. A pencil notation on the reverse identifies the writer as "J. Scovel."(Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (Image 5)

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100 to 200US$

Selling for...US$50.00
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2102 imageThe Oldest Known Receipt for a Valuable Letter, 1840 Marshall Post Office
Preceding Official Registered Mail

Noted by Cal Hahn as earliest reported receipt for a valuable letter is this one which reads: "Marshall Post Office Dec. 1, 1840 I do hereby Certify that Messrs. Gorham & Brown have this day deposited in this Office to Mail a letter addressed Higginson & Clapp of New York Containing Two hundred dollars in bills of different banks. Chas. D Smith P.M." This note signed by the postmaster attested to the fact a patron deposited into the mails a letter containing two hundred dollars, several years before Registered Mail was adopted. In the Postmaster General's Report of November 17, 1828, Mclean wrote that "It may be advantageous to the public and the department at some future time, for it to become the insurer of moneys transmitted in the mail, being authorized to charge a higher rate of postage in such cases to indemnify for the risk incurred. To guard against frauds, this responsibility must necessarily be limited to packets mailed at principal offices, under such regulations as shall afford the greatest possible security"

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1,000 to 2,000US$

Selling for...US$500.00
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