Military Forts and Installations continued...
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 Fort Griffin,
Texas, Jun 7, 1880. Purple cds on cover bearing 3¢ green (184) wide margins, canceled by grid to Brookline Mass.; reduced at left, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $50 - 75.
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Independence,
Boston Mass. Folded cover from Maine Fort addressed to Lieut. H.W. Griswold, Adj. 1st Arty., Fort Independence, Boston, endorsed "pr. Bonadary, Capt. Shackford" at lower left, entered mails with Boston red "Ship 6" clamshell rating handstamp,
Very Fine.
Estimate; $50 - 75. (Image1)
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 "Fort Johnson,
South Carolina, December 20, 1809". Datelined folded letter from Samuel Champlain, Military Agent entered mails with "Charln. S.Ca. Dec 21" cds with manuscript "25" rating to William Lennard, Military Agent, Philadelphia Pa., endorsed "Public
Service" at top right, letter requests $400 for camp supplies, docketed "Rec'd Jany 1, 1810", fresh and Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
Fort Johnson was strategically important during the colonial era, as it was located on the
banks of the Ashley River. The fort was named after Sir Nathaniel Johnson, who served as the Governor of Carolina from 1703 to 1709. It was the site of the first raising of the South Carolina state flag in 1775. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 "Fort Kent Me, Oct
6" (Maine). Manuscript postmark with matching "10" cent rating on gray folded letter datelined "Fish River Mill, Oct. 5th 1845" talking of traveling and family reading in part "…if I can find some one to go down River with me we can
get some cheap canoe & take my trunk down to Fredrickton about 2007 miles, then 90 miles to St. Johns for one dollar in Steam Boat, then direct to Boston for 5 dollars…the mail comes through here today & every two weeks, or at least it is due
so often but the Soldiers are all gone from here with cannon & baggage for Texas…"; small edge tear and light toning, F.-V.F., A scarce use just after the military left Fort Kent for Texas.
Estimate; $100 -
150. (Image1)
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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Klamath, Oreg,
Oct 11, 1880 (Oregon). Cds with matching target cancels 3¢ green (147) on cover to Columbus Barracks, Columbus Ohio; reduced at right with heavy crease through stamp, Fine appearance.
Estimate; $50 - 75. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Leavenworth
Kas., May 4, 1864 (Kansas). Double-circle datestamp ties 3¢ rose (65), additional strike adjacent on cover to Schenectady N.Y., owl embossed flap; wax seal stain, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $40 - 60. (Image1)
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Est. $40-60
Selling for...$20.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. Jun 23 (Kansas). Cds duplexed with quartered cork ties 3¢ rose (65) small flaws, on orange cover to Albion, Michigan, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate; $50 - 75. (Image1)
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 "Fort McGilvery,
Dec 25th 1864". Manuscript endorsement on cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by four-ring cancel duplexed with "Washington D.C. Dec 29" cds to Medfield Mass.; reduced at left with some paper loss, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $50 - 75.
Fort McGilvery was one of the first enclosed forts constructed as part of the Petersburg Va. campaign entrenchments during phase 1 (June 19 to August 20, 1864). General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was finally brought to bay
in the trenches of Petersburg. (https://www.petersburgsiege.org/fedforts.htm). (Image1)
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 "Fort McHenry, May
28, 1846" (Maryland). Docketing on gray folded cover with blue "Baltimore Md. May 28" cds with matching "10" oval handstamp to Adjutant General, U.S. Army, Washington D.C., endorsed "Pub. Service", manuscript "5" rerating, docket as from Lt.
Col. Belton, 3d Infty. "Reports receipt of instructions dated 27. May to move company 'K' 4. Inf. to Fort Monroe"; file folds, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$75.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort McKavett, Tex.
Feb 24, 1902. Partial strike cancels 2¢ carmine entire to Santa Anna, Texas, Feb. 25th arrival backstamp, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $50 - 75. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort McPherson, Ga.
Sep 15 (Georgia). Purple large cds duplexed with four-ring cancel ties two 1¢ Columbian (230) singles, small flaws, on cover to Penn Yan N.Y., Sep. 17th arrival backstamp; tiny edge tear and wear, reduced slightly at right, Very
Fine appearance.
Estimate; $50 - 75. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Meade, S.D.,
Jan 20, 1903 (South Dakota). Duplex ties 2¢ red (279Bc) on cover to Major E.A. Mearns, Medical Dept. U.S.A., Fort Snelling Minn., Jan. 22nd arrival backstamp; cover stain and reduced slightly at right.
Estimate; $30 - 40. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $30-40
Selling for...$15.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 "Ft Mitchell, 18th
Oct" (Alabama). Manuscript postmark with matching "25" cent rating on 1834 folded letter to Franklin La.; some edge wear, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 "Fort Moultrie, Oct
26th 1828" (South Carolina). Dateline on folded letter entering mails with red "Charn. S.C. Oct 27l cds with matching "Paid" handstamp to Major Hook, U.S. Army, Washington D.C., red crayon "1d" rating, letter concerns request for
Post appointment of Fort Washington, and if not for Annapolis; fold splitting, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
Selling for...$75.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Myer, Va. Feb
15, 1898 (Virginia). Cds with matching target cancel tie 2¢ rose pink (279Bc) on War Department, Post Fort Myer Va. Official Business penalty mail cover to Edgar Mearns, Capt. and Asst. Surgeon, Fort Clark Texas, F.-V.F.
Estimate;
$30 - 40. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $30-40
Selling for...$15.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Reno, Okla.
Aug 17, 1904 (Oklahoma Territory). Cds duplexed with barred oval ties 10¢ pale red brown (307) on registered 2¢ red entire to Warsaw N.Y., purple "Major J.M.T. Partello, U.S. Army" return address handstamp, magenta "Missent to New
York, N.Y. (Reg. Div)" three-line handstamp, magenta New York (8.20) backstamp; slightly rough opening at top, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $40 - 60. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $40-60
Selling for...$20.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Sill, Ind. T.
Aug 2, 1887. Cds with matching four-ring cancel ties 2¢ red brown (210) on cover to Canton Pa.; reduced at right and small top edge tear, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $50 - 75. (Image1)
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Est. $50-75
Selling for...$25.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Camp Skagway,
Alaska, Dec 26, 1901 (Alaska Territory). Cds duplexed with barred oval ties 2¢ red (279B), torn, on small "Hospital, Post Camp Skagway" penalty piece, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $40 - 60. (Image1)
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Est. $40-60
Selling for...$20.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Snelling, 20
Sep (Minnesota Territory). Partial clear cds with matching fancy "Paid 3" circular rating handstamp on blue 1852 folded letter datelined "Fort Snelling M.T." to Capt. James Rudd, Louisville Ky., letter from T.L. Alexander concerning woman's
health improving and that they will be able to get to St. Louis, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS FORT SNELLING MINNESOTA TERRITORIAL MARKING WITH THE FANCY "PAID 3" RATING HANDSTAMP.
This
is the same postmark that in May 1850 contained the Iowa designation at the bottom. Fort Snelling was reoccupied in 1861 and by October of that year the postmark was put to such heavy use that the eradicated Iowa designation began to reappear more
clearly than at any time since it was taken out. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$230.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Stockton,
Tex., Sep 4 (Texas). Cds with matching bold target ties 3¢ green (207) on 1883 cover to Richmond Va., original 1883 enclosed letter, Richmond (9.10) arrival cds; reduced slightly at left, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)
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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction |
