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

Town Postmarks - Utah continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1221       imageProvo City, U.T. Cds ties 1857 3¢ dull red (some clipped perfs) on 1859 folded cover to Salt Lake City (G.S.L. City, Utah Ty), Very Fine and a scarce postmark, signed R. Frajola.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)

Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
1222       imageSalt Lake, Cal Octr 11 [1849]. Black manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 10" on folded letter to New York; datelined "August, City of Salt Lake California" and reads, in part, "…we arrived here August the 17…from fort larima to the salt lake a distance of 500 miles there is distruction of all kinds of property worse than any ship wreck there was throwed away all kinds of property anuf to make any man rich Colery took a grait many of those that started from indapendance and st jo….over 1000 cattle have died between here and larima…there is between 4 and 5000 inhabitants here they have made grate improvements…the indians were no trouble…G.W. Worden"; some staining and separation at folds of letter, a bit rough at top edge, still, Very Fine example of this rare manuscript postmark, this is the latest recorded example of this postmark.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

A GREAT WESTERN COVER SHOWING THE "CALIFORNIA" DESIGNATION FOR SALT LAKE CITY.

When the Salt Lake City post office was established by the U.S. Government on January 18, 1849, no expense provision or contract was made to transport the mails. It was left to the Mormons to carry the U.S. mails at their own expense. This letter was carried east by a special express headed by A. W. Babbitt, which left Salt Lake City on Oct 19, 1849 for Kanesville, Iowa on the Missouri River. Although the postmaster at Salt Lake City for a while in 1849 used the term "Cal." in his manuscript postmark, the town was not attached to California for Post Office Department administrative purposes (as Fort Leavenworth and Scott were attached to Missouri). Complete images:
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Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1223       imageSalt Lake City, U.T. July 1 [1851]. Bold italicized straightline handstamp with upper/lower case letters at top and upper case at bottom with manuscript "Paid" and handstamp "X" (10¢) rate markings on brown cover to Michigan; some restoration at bottom not affecting postmark, otherwise Extremely Fine, Although the rate had been reduced from 10¢ to 6¢ beginning July 1, 1851, the postmaster at Salt Lake City had apparently not yet received word of the change and continued to charge the 10¢ rate in effect prior., ex-Knapp, Rohloff & Seacrest.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000.

A CHOICE STRIKE OF UTAH'S FIRST POSTMARK HANDSTAMP, A GREAT TERRITORIAL RARITY AND THE EARLIEST EXAMPLE OF THE SALT LAKE CITY STRAIGHT-LINE MARKING.

According to the July 9th 1851 Deseret News, "Eastern and Western Mails, The Mail Leaves this office (Salt Lake City) on the first day of every month for Independence and Sacramento." This two-line postmark is recorded from July 1st to December 1st 1851. (Image1)

Est. $2,000-3,000
Selling for...$2,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
1224       imageSalt Lake City, Utah Aug 1 [1852]. Fine black cds with matching "PAID 3" in circle rate handstamp on three-page folded letter to Ohio written by barely literate emigrant en route to the gold fields, datelined "Utha Teritory Morman Citty July 7th 1852" and reads, in part, "…now I will let u nowe that I am at the Morman Citty I got here the 6 of July three months to a day from the time I left Michigan…our Company has ben very well blest to what others has wee hav lost one man and they hav all ben sick but wee hav two sick man with us now…wee think one month more will take us on the Carson valley and wee think wee shant go any further this fall or winter…I am now at salt lake and I expect to arive in the mines in thirty days then I will write more particulars…", minor paper erosion at folds and light toning at edges, trifle paper damage on back from wax seal, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1225     U9 imageEnvelope, 1854, Nesbitt 1st Issue, 3¢ red, "THREE" in medium wide label with curved ends. Sharp blue cds on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire (U9) to New Hampshire; slightly reduced at right well clear of indicium, minor corner tear at lower right, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott No. U9; Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)

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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
1226       imageSpringville June 24 U.T. [1856]. Manuscript postmark on blue folded letter with manuscript cancelled 1851 3¢ dull red, the address has unfortunately faded away, but docketing on front indicates "Eliza Daly, dated June 23 1856", with enclosure datelined "June 23 Spring ville Utah" and contents, in part, "…I think this country is very bad for such complaints. there is so scarcity of water that is doing much hurt in some places there was a great quantity of snow fell last winter but fell mostly in the valleys instead of the mountains consequently it did not do so much good by watering the crops as it did damage in covering up the pass from the cattle which has caused thousands of cattle to perish from for the want of something to eat…Eliza Daley to Willard Fisher", F.-V.F., an excellent letter & rare postmark.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
Selling for...$150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1227       imageUtah Postmark Group. Small lot of seven covers with various Utah postmarks including Alta, Grantsville, Kanosh, Manti, Provo City, Salt Lake City, plus one incoming cover to "Great Salt Lake City, Uta Territory", some cover faults, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1228       imageWestern Correspondence from Utah & Colorado. Lot of two covers with enclosures plus an extra letter, all from one correspondence; first is letter only (no cover) datelined "Fort Bridger, Utah Territory Feb 16th, 1866" reads, in part, "…I was transferred along with many others into the 1st Mich. then at Ft. Leavenworth. We started from Ft. Leavenworth on the 8th day of July and arrived at this Post on the first day of Nov. making a stop of two months at Fort Halleck two hundred and eighty miles east of here. We were sent on the plains I suppose for the purpose of suppressing the indians which were very troublesome at that time the 7th was ahead of us about three weeks they were foolish enough to start out with Sabres and revolvers alone this the red devils soon found out and were no more afraid of them than they were of the rain. Colorado troops who were on the line at that time for the indians can shoot very accurately from two to three hundred yards with their bows and arrows and this our boys could not always do with their pistols…;" second is cover postmarked with partial small cds "Fort Bridger, Utah Apr [5] 1866" franked with 1861 3¢ rose with original enclosure which reads, in part, "…Another great reason is if my father is alive he must be found and I have great reason to believe he is as I have seen a young man that was in the same regiment (4th Wis) at the time of the storm in which he was reported killed…", last is a cover postmarked "Big Thompson, Col." two incomplete strikes of double-circle cds with smudge of cork killer on 3¢ 1861 issue (defective) to Michigan; original enclosure datelined "Big Thompson, Col. June 8th '66" personal letter; Big Thompson cover opened raggedly at left, wear from contents enclosed, Fine, The small Fort Bridger cds, while lightly struck, is thought to have only been used for a short time in 1866.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

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Est. $200-300
Selling for...$300.00
Will close during Public Auction
Town Postmarks - Washington
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1229     U10 imageEnvelope, 1854, Nesbitt 1st Issue, 3¢ red on buff, "THREE" in medium wide label with curved ends. Black cds on 10¢ green Nesbitt entire (U10) with month, day and last two digits of year in manuscript, cover to Illinois; trivial corner wear at top, Extremely Fine, A similar example realized $3,000 hammer in our Sale #101, Lot #733.
Scott No. U10; Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.

ONE OF ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES RECORDED FROM THIS RARE AND SHORT-LIVED WASHINGTON TERRITORIAL POST OFFICE (1858-1860).

Camp Semiahmoo was founded by the Boundary Commission in 1858 as a base of operation for the northwest boundary commission survey on Canadian soil, among the remnants of the earlier British camp, on a little strip of open land near the mouth of the little Campbell River close to one of the Semiahmoo winter camps. The site was just north of the forty-ninth parallel; contained a fresh water supply, and the Campbell River channel provided water access over the tidal flats. While at this site the troops constructed about a mile and three-quarters of good road along the shore of Semiahmoo Bay between the boundary and Camp Semiahmoo. This base was later used while the boundary was slashed and marked from Semiahmoo Bay to the Sumas Flats. (Image1)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1230       imageOak Point, W.T. Jun 16. Nice strike black cds (type 2, 3 reported) tying 1861 3¢ rose (65, defective) on cover to Forest Grove, Oregon; some edge wear, staining at bottom right, missing backflap, Fine and a rare Washington postmark.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
1231     65 image1861, 3¢ rose. Black double-circle datestamp with bold "10" in circle killer both on/tying 1861 3¢ rose (65) on yellow cover to Seattle; slightly reduced at right up to but not affecting stamp, Very Fine.
Scott No. 65; Estimate $100 - 150. (Image1)

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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
1232       imagePort Townsend, Wash., Apr 4, 1884. Duplexed with fancy Kicking Mule cancelling on 1883, 2¢ red brown (210) on cover to Ann Arbor, Mich., straight line due handstamp with manuscript canceled 1884, 2¢ Postage Due (J16) applied over markings, docketing at left; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1233       imageSkookumchuck. Manuscript postmark of cover franked with manuscript cancelled 1861 3¢ rose (65) to Seattle, W.T., Very Fine, a rare Washington Territorial postmark.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
Selling for...$80.00
Will close during Public Auction
1234       imageSteilacoom City, W.T. Jun 21. Bold strike of cds on 1853-55 3¢ Nesbitt entire (U10) to Whitfield, Kansas Territory, canceled with seven bar circular grid and manuscript "Paid 7" to make up the 10¢ rate, minor cover restoration at top, Very Fine and rare, a lovely uprated cover from Washington Territory to Kansas Territory, ex-Haub.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1235     68 image1861, 10¢ green. Sharp strike of two-line postmark on circa 1862 yellow cover to Mass. bearing horizontal pair of 1861 10¢ green (68, right stamp with small defect), cancelled by second strike of straight-line postmark on nose of the pair, with extraneous ink line at right "tying" right stamp to cover; trivial edge wear, Very Fine.
Scott No. 68; Estimate $400 - 600.

A LOVELY COVER WITH THIS RARE STRAIGHT LINE POSTMARK.

This two-line Walla Walla, Washington Territory postmark was used only from Nov. 17th 1862 to February 1863. (Image1)

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Est. $400-600
Selling for...$200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1236       imageWalla Walla, W.T., Dec 1, [circa 1862]. Black straight line postmark on cover from Missouri to "Fort Walla Walla", franked with 1861 10¢ dark green (68a) tied by "California, Mo., Oct 1" cds, ford with excellent strike of Walla Walla straight line to "Eola Ogn" (Oregon) with manuscript "ford 3" rate; cover with attorney corner card, small sealed cover tear at top and partial backflap, Very Fine, a wonderful example of this rare postmark.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
Selling for...$260.00
Will close during Public Auction
1237       Washington Postal History Balance, 1860-1940's. Approximately 80 covers and cards; includes a few 1860's usages including "Seattle, W.T." and "Vancouver, W.T." cds's, few 1860-70's WF&Co. express usages from Olympia, Seattle and a rare Boise Mine "Paid 25 Cents." imprint on entire with WF&Co. Walla Walla oval date stamp (believe to be only a few imprints known), many later Seattle/Seattle related postmarks including R.P.O.'s, registered, etc., other townmarks including Vashon with 1885 manuscript postmark and 1887 cds with fancy shield duplex, 1885 Pataha City, 1890 Skamokwa, 1881 Big Horn, etc., some interesting later usages, etc.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

Est. $400-600
Selling for...$210.00
Will close during Public Auction
1238       imageWashington Postmark Group. Small lot of 18 covers all with various Washington postmarks (including Territorials) and frankings, towns included Castle Rock manuscript, Chewelah with Colville Indian Agency imprint, Colfax, Fort Colville, Olympia, Port Ludlow, Port Townsend, Seattle, Steilacoom City, Walla Walla, few minor faults, generally F.-V.F.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

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Est. $300-400
Selling for...$160.00
Will close during Public Auction
Town Postmarks - Wyoming
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1239       imageFort Fetterman, Wyo. Two covers with different postmarks of Fort Fetterman, one in blue on 3¢ entire with 3¢ Bank Note to Fort Bridger and one with double circle postmark franked with 3¢ Bank Note, both a bit reduced, Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.

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Est. $100-150
Selling for...$50.00
Will close during Public Auction
1240       imageFort Laramie, O.R. Jun 15 [1852]. Weak crude black cds (as is nearly always the case) with separate matching black handstamps of date "Jun 15", boxed "PAID", and negative "3" in circle on bluish folded letter to Virginia; contents datelined "Fort Laramie June 14th 1852" with contents, in part, "I have just reached this fort and am now about 650 miles from St. Joseph and 340 from Fort Kearny…about 110 miles above Fort Kearny on Platte River. Richard Liticus died with the cholera or bilious diarhea as it is here generally called…crossed Laramie river today it is bridged. have seen more Indians on this Fork that anywhere else…A.E. Plattenburg"; very light edge toning, F.-V.F., a rare example of a "Fort Laramie O.R." folded letter with all four separate handstamps applied., written up in the Chronicle (May 2013) by Dr. Milgram.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.

A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE SHOWING ALL FOUR HANDSTAMPS IN USE AT THE TIME IN 1852.

A Post Office at Fort Laramie on the Oregon Route or Oregon Trail across the plains was established in 1850. The Post Office was located in unorganized territory but attached to Oregon Territory for administrative purposes and was the last Post Office on the Oregon Trail going west. (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
Selling for...$500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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