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Quick Navigation by Category  The Dr. James Milgram Collection of Western Postal (204)   |  United States (550)   | 
 

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The Dr. James Milgram Collection of Western Postal History continued...

Town Postmarks - New Mexico continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1181       imageSanta Fe, N.M. Apr 17. Very fine strike of black cds with "V" rate in waffled semi-circle within cds as an odd type of integral rate (5¢) handstamp; docketing at left of legal size brown cover to Texas; some cover faults, Fine and a very rare postmark, pencil notation on reverse, "4/3/1946 Dr. Chase, $125".
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$475.00
Will close during Public Auction
1182       imageSanta Fe, N.M. Jun 3. Double circle postmark on cover to Ohio, franked with 1857 3¢ dull red and cancelled by central grid, included is original enclosure datelined "Albuquerque New Mexico, Friday morning May 31st, 1861" which reads, in part, "…I sent a letter out in the mail yesterday but there is an express [undoubtedly a military express] going to Santa Fe today and will get there before the mail leaves for the states so I will write a little more…I wish Mr. Lincoln would order the troops in from the territories I want to get home so bad…New Mexico does not seem very far from home I can get my letters so soon and they almost always come, only once in two or three months they get delayed a while…your daughter, Mary.", Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
Town Postmarks - Oregon & Texas
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1183       imageAlthouse Creek, Oregon Territory Apr 25, 1858. Dateline on letter enclosed within blue cover that entered the mails with black cds "Crescent City Cal. May 14" with handstamp "PAID" and manuscript "20" rate, addressed to Michigan; contents, read, in part, "…I have concluded now if my life is spared to come back in 1860. You will think perhaps that is a long time but time flies very rapidly here. It does not seam hardly possible that I have been away over six years but so it is…Now you may want to know why I left Cal. & come here. I have heard so much about Oregon and its resources &c that I was anxious to see for myself & what I have seen I am very much disappointed & what I have learned from others the country is very much exaggerated…I think some of going up north about 800 miles on Frazier River in the British Possessions this summer if I do not stop here. This is a good locality for mineing the gold is very coarse & spoted but if a person strikes it, he makes money fast…This is the most disagreeable place that I have struck for society - all the men seem to care about is Cards and Whiskey…If many mothers could see their sons how they conduct themselves in this country after being brought up with so much care…drink whiskey, gamble, fight and swear. Oh! such oaths enough to chill a person's blood", letter in fine shape, blue envelope wrinkled and with edge tears including one large tear through cds, Fine, a wonderful letter full of historical content.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1184       imageAmity O.T. Jan 22. Manuscript postmark with pen cancelled 1851 10¢ green, type III (15, right sheet margin showing guide line and large margins on other sides) included is original enclosure with lengthy contents & datelined "South Yamhill O.T. Dec. 19th 1855", the letter includes excellent contents and reads in part, "The war is still raging here with the Indians. The Rogue River Indians have killed some 40 or 50 men. The whites have killed about the same number. The difficulty is not settled, instead the Rogue River and the Umpqua are constantly burning houses and killing families. The last account from the Indians north or rather up the Columbia River has been very good. The whites succeeded in taking Fort Walla Walla where the Indians were forted. The whites lost five men and killed 150 Indians.", the letter is datelined a second time "January the 5th, 1856" and reads in part, "You must excuse me for neglecting to finish my letter we have had very cold weather since I left off writing the river has been froze over so that the steamboats could not run and my letter would not went if I had finished it", the letter goes on to tell of conditions in Oregon, Extremely Fine.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

ONE OF THE FINEST WESTERN TERRITORIAL COVER IN EXISTENCE. (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1185     U16 imageEnvelope, 1855, Nesbitt 1st Issue, 10¢ green on buff, "TEN" in short label. Manuscript postmark (Whittlesey A1, R 6-8) on 1853-55 10¢ green Nesbitt entire (U16) to Massachusetts, indicia cancelled by pen strokes; minor edge wear at top right, Very Fine and scarce.
Scott No. U16; Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)

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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
1186       imageGlad Tidings, May 2, 1862. Black manuscript postmark tying 1861 10¢ green (68) on patriotic cover to Mount Pleasant, Iowa; albino embossed patriotic design of Winfield Scott Carrying Flag with inscription "Brave in the Field, Wise in Council, True Patriot, Loyal to the Constitution & Union"; reverse w red & blue Patriotic piping along flap edges, very minor edge wear, Very Fine, A very rare Oregon patriotic from the Civil War.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1187       imageLawn Arbor O.T. Sept 22. Manuscript postmark with pen cancelled 1851 10¢ green, type III (15, four margins) on cover to Warsaw, N.Y., included is original enclosure datelined "South Yamhill August the 24/56", letter talks of a loss of a baby son, Indians and condition in Oregon and reads in part, "The 26 of last June we were blessed with the son, but for some cause or other the Lord did not let us keep it long. It only lived five hours. We could hardly be reconciled to it. Little Mary is almost four years old. She talks a great deal about her little brother. She said she wants God to take her where her little brother is. The Indian Reservation of Oregon is 12 miles from my claim. There is where I was to work. There is about 3000 Indians on the reserve. It extends nearly 100 miles South. All of the Indians in Southern Oregon have given up fighting and are on this reserve but the Indians north and east of the Cascades are still fighting. They have had some late battles and killed a good many Indians but few whites were killed.", Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

A LOVELY AND UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT TOWN MARKING FROM OREGON TERRITORY WITH A FASCINATING LETTER. (Image1)

Est. $1,500-2,000
Selling for...$750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1188       imageLin City O.T. March 16. Black manuscript postmark with blue "40" rate on folded letter from the Worden correspondence, datelined "Lyn City oposit Oregon City March 14 / 51" contents cost of goods, description of country, etc., the letter reads in part, "…I left California last November and came here. I have been to work all winter for $2.00 per day, part of my time on a sawmill and part of the time on a farm. Wages is now raising, most everyone is going to the mines, but I think I will not go. I have been badly fooled in California, had bad luck in getting there and had bad luck while there. I lost everything in getting there and could not make anything in the mines, then went to work for a man driving team, work two months at about $150 per month, then my employer ran away and cheated me out of $300 and lost over one hundred before this in the mines. I concluded to leave California while I had money anuf to carry me out of the country. It appears the Wordens are destined to bad luck. But never mind, that is a long road that has no turn. This is a beautiful country, if my friends were here I should like to spend my days here or if mother was here I may live here till I get rich…", trivial edge wear, Very Fine, this correspondence was the subject of an article by Dr. Milgram in the April, 1988 issue of Western Express (See Stockton, Ca. cover for first cover from this correspondence).
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

AN OUTSTANDING OREGON TERRITORIAL COVER AND LETTER - THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF THIS POSTMARK.

Robert Moore founded Robin's Nest in 1843, near the banks of the Willamette River. Robin's Nest was renamed Linn City on December 22, 1845, in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a United States Senator from Missouri. Later, by 1846, the town's citizens had constructed fifteen homes. In addition, Linn City was home to a tavern, a chair manufacturer, a cabinet shop, a gunsmith shop, and a wagon shop. Over the next few years Linn City grew. In 1849, James Moore, Robert's son, built a lumber mill and a gristmill. The mills were operated by at least 20 residents of Linn City. The town's post office opened in 1850, the same year that Robert Moore founded the local newspaper, the Spectator. (Image1)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
Selling for...$750.00
Will close during Public Auction
1189       imageNo. Canyonville, Or. Nov 13. Lovely strike of cds tying 1857 3¢ dull red on cover to Roseburg, docket at left "Clement Glasgow Coffee Creek"; minor wrinkling at left, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)

Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
1190       imageOregon City Org. Sep 2. Light strike of black cds matching italic "10" rate handstamp on brown cover from the Worden correspondence, original enclosure datelined "Dayton August the 29 /51", letter reads in part, "…I have made a fortune in my health, if I never have a dollar to my name…It appears that my friends have all forgotten me, why is it? Is it because the Rocky Mountains and the white capped Serenevadah (Sierra Nevada) intervenes between us. It is a long road to this country and I suffered much in getting here or rather to California. I left there last November, came here with the intention of taking me a claim and settled down, for a rolling stone never gathers no moss…I have been to work at Lynn City this summer till harvest, I came here to work in harvest and have since been to work at carpenter work by the job. I have got $2 per day this summer and sometimes $3 and board, board is $6 per week, wheat is $1 per bushel, oats $2, potatoes 2, beef 7¢ per pound. Dayton is about 30 miles from Oregon City or Lyn City…I have taken me a claim in four miles from Oregon or Lyn City where there is one of the best water privileges in the world, falls about 12 feet. Oregon suits me very well, whether I ever see the states again or not I cannot say…", F.-V.F., an early usage, this correspondence was the subject of an article by Dr. Milgram in the April, 1988 issue of Western Express.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1191       imageOregon City, Org. Mar 19 [1853]. Slightly blurred black cds with matching "10" rate handstamp on folded letter to Ohio, contents datelined "Oregon Territory Jan 6, 1853" Spanish Andorra reads, in part, "…perhaps they may ask the question are the Mormons in Oregon, no no they are not there is not a mormon within a thousand miles to my knowledge…through this country it is common to have severe trouble with indians all of them will steal and many will kill if they can, we saw the graves of men women & children that were shot by these wild devils many of them as naked as they were born, they subsist on the flesh of fish, deer, antelope, elk, grizzly bear, wolves, dogs, cats and body lice, this is even so, and lick their chops for more…if they could see the graves on the plains and also the human bones uncovered bleaching of the deserts and also the bones of cattle and horses by the thousands and thousands they might see it costs more than it comes to….Geo. W. Pitkin", letter also provides detail of crossing the plains on their trip to Oregon; it is unclear why this letter was not postmarked until roughly two months after being written; very light soiling, Very Fine and a wonderful letter.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1192       imageOregon Related Covers. Small lot of four covers, one from Oregon City franked with 1861 manuscript cancelled 10¢ and missent to Quincy, Ill., plus the incoming stampless covers, one 10¢ rate from New York and two 40¢ rate covers with manuscript postmarks, one from Cold Brook, Ill. and one from Hasbrouck, N.Y., couple small faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1193       imageRickreall, O.T. June 24th. Black manuscript postmark with "free N. Ford P.M." on light blue early 1850s folded outer lettersheet (no contents) addressed to Fayette, Missouri; minor edge wear, still Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

The National Archives on-line database indicates that Nathaniel Ford was appointed postmaster of Rickreall (Polk County) Oregon Territory on June 30, 1851 and that the office was discontinued April 11, 1857 (being reopened and discontinued thereafter). (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1194       imageScottsburg, O.T. May 12, 1854. Black manuscript postmark with "Free, E. R. Fiske P.M." postmaster's free frank on cover to Massachusetts, some creasing at right, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1195       imageSouth Yamhill O.T. Jan 23d 53. Manuscript postmark with matching "10" on brown cover from the Worden correspondence, with original enclosure datelined "January 15/53 Polk Co OT" letter includes interesting contents and reads in part, "…I was waiting to have something to write about. We have a very bright eyed girl, six weeks old today, fat and hardy, her name is Mary Francis…We have had a very hard winter here. This winter, the hardest that ever was known. The snow was 30 inches deep, it lasted nearly three weeks and a great many immigrant horses and cattle died. People of Oregon never save hay and straw to feed on, but this will learn them a lesson…The immigration was very large last fall. There has a great number come in from the mines this winter, they say the miners are not doing very well this winter. If we have had a hard winter, the nights were not so cold as to freeze four feet deep like it does in your state. I did not lose any stock. I have not much to lose, two cows and 3 calves, two horses, seven hogs, so if I had lost it all it would not been much. Cows are worth from $50 to 100 each, American mares $150 to 200, Indian horses worth from $50 to 100 each, sheep is worth $10 each", plus some mining related, cover with some edge wear, still Very Fine and a very rare Oregon Territorial manuscript postmark, this correspondence was the subject of an article by Dr. Milgram in the April, 1988 issue of Western Express.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

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Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1196       imageSouth Yamhill O.T. Aug 29th. Manuscript postmark with "10" rate on cover from the Worden correspondence, included is original enclosure datelined "Polk Co. Oregon August 15/53", letter talks of farming and life in Oregon which reads in part, "…I bought a mare last fall and traded her for a mare and a colt, in a few days after she throwed herself and died in less than a week, the colt jumped into the well and drowned, so goes the Worden luck, it's all in my lifetime. I also had 80 acres of land in Michigan, I left money with a man to pay the taxes, he never paid them and the land was sold for taxes. I sent the power of attorney to Warren to sell the land (not knowing that it was sold for taxes) and all he got for the land was an old mare worth 20 or $30. I have had very bad luck here as well as in California, but notwithstanding all the ups and downs I would not leave Oregon to live in any country that I ever lived in. Oregon is healthy and good rich fertile soil…We live in about 40 miles of the ocean so that the sea breeze comes nearly every afternoon in the summer so that it makes it very pleasant in the long hot days of summer. A good many of the immigrants have come in, there is little difficulty with the Indians on the road. There is a few Indians here but most all died since of the white folks came here. Some of the Indians work for the white people…", cover with minor defect at top left corner, still Very Fine, this correspondence was the subject of an article by Dr. Milgram in the April, 1988 issue of Western Express.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. (Image1)

Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1197       imageSouth Yamhill O.T. July 23rd. Manuscript postmark with "10" rate on cover to Perry Village, N.Y., included is original enclosure datelined "Polk Co OT July 16th/54", letter talks of farming, weather and Oregon geography, which reads in part, "The two last winters have been very cold and plenty of snow. It has waked the people up and put them to building barns and saving fodder for their stock. The winters are very rainy and cold but not much frosty. We live 12 miles from a small town…Dayton is the name of the town, Lafayette is in three miles from Dayton both in Yamhill Co. We live in 18 miles of Salem, one of the most thriving towns in Oregon. It is on the Willamette river it is navigable. Dayton is on Yamhill river, steamboats come there every other day…We live in a house 30 or 40 miles of the ocean with a very high mountain between. They are opening a road over the mountains this summer where we can go and get fish, clams, mussels and oysters…I bought the claim that we now live on, paid $200 for it. I have held a section till now, there seems to be some talk that I cannot hold but half section. If that is the case, one third of the land that is now claimed in Oregon is now vacant on account of people not settling permanently on their claims before the passage of the land bill December 1850", cover with minor corner wear & two filing pinholes, still Very Fine, this correspondence was the subject of an article by Dr. Milgram in the April, 1988 issue of Western Express.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000. (Image1)

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Est. $750-1,000
Selling for...$375.00
Will close during Public Auction
1198       imageSo Yamhill O.T. Feb 14th. Manuscript postmark with "Paid 6" manuscript rate on cover, original enclosure datelined "South Yamhill Polk Co O.T. Feb 14/1855" with interesting contents which talks farming, a near by school and "boarding two or three scholars", death of the sender's mother, etc., cover with two minor pinholes, Very Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
Selling for...$250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1199       imageUmpqua City, O.T., Mar 11. Neat strike of cds with manuscript date at center on cover to Kentucky, franked with manuscript cancelled 1851 10¢ green, type I (13, large margins just touched at bottom), flap torn which extends on to front at top right, Very Fine, a scarce early Oregon postmark.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1200       imageBrazoria, Texas. Two folded covers from Brazoria, Tex., the first is datelined "Brig Brazoria Jan 1 1834" and addressed to New York, entered the mails with blue "New Orleans La Jan 7" cds with manuscript "25" rate, the letter reads, in part, "…Here I am one hundred miles from the Mississippi at sea with about 150 passengers in a heavy blow & one half of them sick…There are a great many emigrants going to Texas & hundreds going almost every day & they all give the most exagerated accounts of the country…The Pilot Boat that leaves us shortly takes this to the nearest port & where that will be I can not tell I will write you again on my arrival at Brazoria where I shall make for the present my head quarters…A.O. Spencer"; second folded cover with manuscript "Brazoria Texas" on front and is datelined "Brazoria, January 8th 1834" and entered the mails with blue "New Orleans La Jan 31" cds with manuscript "25" rate, the letter reading, in part, "…Here I am at last in the happy land the land of promise…We were blown 600 miles out of our way & back again in almost the the remarkable time of 10 days, our masts all gone our rigging all hanging by the board men women & children in one indiscriminate Massachusetts all in the cabin myself lashed to the companionway for fear of being washed overboard where two of our passengers met with a watery grave…Brazoria itself is a pleasant little town situated directly on the Brazos 35 miles from its mouth & although not laid out with the taste of some of our northern cities…I shall leave in a day or two for Matagorda on my Indian horse (Runs) which is lightning. I got him yesterday of one of the Camancha chiefs for $85 & a finer animal I never beheld…A.O. Spencer", Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction

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