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United States Postal History continued...

State Postmarks - Missouri (Missouri Statehood) continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1022   imageSt. Louis Mo., Nov 23. Red cds with manuscript "25" rating on folded letter from Col. Henry Leavenworth to Lieut. Baxby, 5th Regt. U.S. Infy, Baltimore Md., letter concerns addressee's furlough request; overall toning, Fine and scarce letter sent by the founder of Fort Leavenworth.
Estimate; $200 - 300.

On May 8th 1827, Henry Leavenworth established the fort on the Missouri River that bore his name. As early as March 7th 1827, Colonel Leavenworth was directed, with four regiments, to ascend the Missouri River and established a permanent Cantonment on it left bank. The fort was to be located within twenty miles of the mouth of the Little Platte River; its purpose was to protect travelers on the newly opened Sante Fe Trail. By early July, he began the erection of barracks for his soldiers and the post was named "Cantonment Leavenworth". Thus Leavenworth became the pernament site of the most important military post ever established by the Government in the West. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1023   image"S Louis Mo, Nov. 27". Manuscript postmark and manuscript "Free" rating on 1829 folded letter to D. Waldo postmaster at Perkins Mo. concerning the foreclosure and auction of a mill in Gasconade County, Very Fine and very late manuscript St. Louis postmark, ex-Nettles.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
1024   imageSt. Louis Mo., 24 May. Bold sharp strike of cds on 1834 folded letter to Boston Mass. enclosing a $500 draft, fresh and Very Fine, ex-Nettles.
Estimate; $100 - 150. (Image1)

Est. $100-150
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1025   imageSt. Louis Mo. Apr 1. Cds with manuscript "25" cent rating on 1839 folded letter to New York N.Y., from William S. Wiggins reading in part "…I am going to the Oregon Territory and will start on the 4th of April whether I will come back or not is a think circumstance must decide.…You may think it strange that I should leave friends and home and go to the country inhabited by only a few Fur Traders and Indians but I think I have sufficient inducement although I am actuated in part by curiosity. I am going in the company of about 20 or 25 we will go from this place to the mouth of the Columbia River then go south along the coast and perhaps to California. I have been told there are 50 families at St. Charles that intend going this season. We will go on the horse back and kill or provisions on the road each man takes a mule and on it packs as many goods as he thinks proper to sell to the Indians and thereby clear expenses. Oregon is represented by all who have been there as one of the healthiest countries on the globe and in fertility of soil it is not surpassed by any land in the valley of the Mississippi. There is splendid Cod Fishery on the coast and rivers abound with Salmon…"; some edge wear and corner nick top left, Very Fine and interesting Pioneer Oregon Trail letter.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
1026   imageSt. Louis Mo. Apr 30. Blue cds on folded letter datelined "Natchez, April 10, 1840" to General George W. Jones at Dubuque, Iowa Territory, pencil "Please forward from St. Louis by first boat" endorsement, long letter from Annabel J. Brasier concerning employment and personal matters as a rail road clerk and later a bookkeeper, F.-V.F., ex-Risvold, Nettles.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1027   imageSt. Louis Mo., Jan 10. "indistinct red cds and red manuscript "25" rating on 1842 folded letter to West Boxford Mass., long and detailed letter telling of the many adventures in ascending the Missouri River 250 miles alone in a canoe, and time with the Winnebago Indians, plans to go with the American Fur Company in April and travel up the Yellowstone River and beyond to the West Coast, reads in part "…I will now tell you about the last of the Winnebagoes from 3 to 4 thousand assembled at Fort Winnebago to sell their lands. They were supplied so largely with whisky that they became outrageous & murdered one of the traders. The convention broke up with out making a treaty. Soon after a delegation of chiefs went on to Washington & their expenses paid… Here they were treated with much of respect & by ones noted correctness and entertained into every variety of amusement. Present were made of clothing, equipments & ammunition amidst all this attention, they felt to be men of consequence. They now were consulted upon what terms they would dispose of their lands, being rather scrupulous of their authority they hesitated until their doubts were not…It is as individual as the grass of the land which gave them birth & come by arguments, and will over much less in influence were prevailed upon to treaty away their lands. But when they returned to their friends & wigwams among Praries and hill west of Wiskonsin river, they felt had been fascinated & their friends were dissatisfied with the bargain…" and "…I am at St. Louis on board the Steam Boat Illinois, which is laid up at the levee for the winter…There is now about 20 steamers at the levee & on the river & tributaries, 371 some of these as large as a Man of War, carrying tons of freight…They were knocking niggers off at Auction under the hammer like sheep…" An presently the dressy lady took her stand upon the upper steps of the market, for sale bidders stepped up examined her & joked till the wench was bid off like an ox…", full transcript of letter accompanies", Fine, interesting long travel letter with wonderful content, ex-Beals, Risvold.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
1028   imageSaint Louis. Mo. '3' Jul 2. Red integral-rate cds with matching circular grid cancel ties 3¢ orange brown (10A), pos. 41L1e, large margins, light upper left corner card, on circa 1851 immaculate blue folded cover from the Beebee & Co. correspondence to New York N.Y., Very Fine and scarce 2nd day use, ex-Hulme.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction
1029   image(St. Louis, Mo.) American Express Co. / Livingston, Fargo & Co., St. Louis Mo. Black on orange express label, faults, affixed on circa 1856 legal-size buff cover to Peru Ill., forwarded upon arrival with 3¢ dull red (11A) horizontal pair, large margins except in at bottom right, tied by "Peru Ill. 4 May" cds to Princeton Ill., endorsed "Postmaster at Princeton will Pleas cause this to be delivered to the Recorder immediately and oblige, Warren Brown" at bottom left, F.-V.F., a scarce express label and postage stamp combination use.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1030   image"Shawanoe Jackson Co. Mo., Oct 28, 1833". Dateline on folded letter carried privately to Clariton, entered mails with red manuscript "Chariton Mo. Novr. 1st" postmark and matching "18¾" rating to Capt. Sproule Buchanan, St. Louis Mo., letter from Isaac McCoy, Surveyor to the attention of Genl. William Clark, Supt. Indian Affairs with $500 bill of exchange for Jno. O. Agney "to defray expense of surveying Indian lands west of the State of Missouri", Very Fine, ex-Alexander.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

A post office was opened in 1832 and named "Shawanoe" for the Indian tribe who were being served by the missionaries. The first postmaster was missionary Dr. J. Lykins. John C. McCoy, son of Isaac McCoy designed a town plat in which the town name was changed from "Shawanoe" to West Port.

This letter was sent to the attention of General William Clark, who was serving as Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis. Clark was co-leader along with Meriwether Lewis on their epic journey of discovery over the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River in 1804. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
1031   image"St. Charles Mo., Sept. 14". Manuscript postmark and matching "Paid 25" rating on 1826 folded letter to Harrisburg Pa., Very Fine, ex-Alexander.
Estimate; $150 - 200.

St. Charles is located north and west of the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. The town was selected as temporary capital for the state in 1821, and remained the seat of government until 1826. During this time, the location for a new capitol was selected and named Jefferson City in honor of former President Thomas Jefferson. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
1032   imageSt. Charles Mo., Mar 14. Bold strike of dark red cds with matching "Paid" and negative "5" in square rating handstamp on 1846 folded letter to Rock Hill Mo., long letter from T. Le Baron to Miss M. Barrow; some soiling and wear, Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction
1033   imageWeston Mo., Mar 9. Red cds and matching "Free" rating handstamp free franked "B Holladay, Post Master, Weston Mo" on 1844 folded letter to New York N.Y., Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

THE ONLY RECORDED EXAMPLE OF STAGECOACH KING BEN HOLLADAY'S FREE FRANK AS POSTMASTER OF WESTON MO.

Ben Holladay was Weston, Missouri's most prominent citizen. He began his career by keeping a log tavern in 1839. From 1841 to 1845 he served as postmaster. Holladay's fortune was based on a contract he secured to supply Stephen W. Keamy's expedition to Santa Fe during the Mexican War. After the war he began freighting over the California Trail. He was a major creditor of Russell, Majors & Waddell. When that firm went bankrupt he acquired it, together with their freighting business and mail routes to Denver and Salt Lake City. In later years the Holladay Overland Stage Line extended branches to California and Oregon. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
1034   image"Westport Mo., 24 May". Manuscript postmark and matching rating "25" cent rating on 1843 folded letter to Hartsville, Bucks County, Pa., John Record writes to his mother at Hartsville Pa. about his coming trip traveling west over the Oregon trail with Dr. Marcus Whitman, a missionary to the Cayuse Indian tribe living along the Columbia River. John tells of daily events in his life as he prepares for the journey, and his spirits are high in hopes of doing well in the far west after a long five month journey., F.-V.F., interesting content from the Whitman journey west.
Estimate; $250 - 350.

The Westport post office was located at W.M. Chick's General Store with regular mail service traveling by stage coach to St. Louis. During the spring of 1843, Dr. Marcus Whitman lead the first large party of a thousand people driving wagons, herding cattle and horses from Westport to Oregon. The trail had been mapped by Capt. Fremont a year earlier. This great journey established a viable route for thousands of immigrants making the long trek to settle in the Pacific Northwest. (Image1)

Est. $250-350
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction
State Postmarks - Missouri (Mississippi River)
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1035   image(Mississippi River - Arkansas Territory) 1809 (Dec. 23) Washington D.C. to Arkansas, Territory of Louisiana. Folded letter datelined "Washington City 23rd December 1809" from John Treat to his brother Samuel recently appointed Indian Agent at Chickasaw Bluffs by General William Clark, some good content "…for unusual circumstances I have been requested to wait at first the arrival of the late Louis Ferris & after and Gen. Clark who two days ago reached here, therefore I probably shall leave this for Pittsburgh on my way down the Rivers…Also inquiring was of the same person if he remembers driving the two Dun horses in a sleigh, employed & transporting the public petry & furs in the neighborhood of Niagara, when two bales where wholly missing and also was at another time a barrel of whiskey which of course article to warm the stomach of a driver employed in transporting its if I remember right from shipping 10 or 12 miles…", Very Fine and early inbound letter.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
1036   image(Mississippi River - Arkansas Territory) "Arkansas 29 April". Manuscript postmark and matching "25" cent due rating to Bangor Me., manuscript territorial postmark on 1828 folded letter to Bangor Me., interesting letter to writer's brother, mentioning bad weather including hurricanes, going to the lead mines in Missouri and "matrimonial affairs… still unsettled", Very Fine and rare territorial use.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1037   image(Mississippi River - Illinois) Galena Ills. Jun 5. Bold red cds with matching "Paid" and large "10" rating handstamps on 1850 folded letter to Lewistown Pa., endorsed "Steamer Enterprise" at bottom left, an Extremely Fine gem.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
1038   image(Mississippi River - Illinois Territory) "Kaskaskia, 24 Augt 1811". Manuscript postmark and matching "25" cent rating on folded letter to Pittsburgh Pa., enclosed letter from son to father tells of spring flooding by Mississippi River, deaths from fever, hardships and the ensuing settlements about Cape Girardeau (then part of Louisiana Territory); some soiling, F.-V.F., ex-Meroni.
Estimate; $500 - 750.

Kaskaskia was the site of the oldest town in the west first being settled by Jesuits in 1703 as an Indian Village and a Mission at the Mouth of the Kaskaskia River and its Junction with the Mississippi River about 60 miles south of Cahokia. Was taken over for the American Colonies by George Rogers Clark on July 4, 1778, from which point Clark moved to capture Vincennes in 1779. First became a post office around 1800 and later first Capital of Illinois Territory and first Capitol of the State of Illinois 1818-1820. Eventually completely destroyed by flooding. (Image1)

Est. $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
1039   image(Mississippi River - Illinois Territory) "Kaskaskia, Illinois Territory, March 2. 1813". Dateline on ALS folded letter from Governor Ninian Edwards to Governor Shelley at Frankfort Ky. interesting letter reading, "I have the honor to enclose… extract from a letter to Mr. Bolvine which will show that the Indians are no motion to attack us - I have recd another letter of similar in part - I had clearly foreseen this want and an … to disappoint these savages. I have raised and … service several fine companies of mounted volunteers, and shall myself set out for the frontier the day after tomorrow"., Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

AN EXCELLENT LETTER FROM ILLINOIS TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR NINIAN EDWARDS MENTIONING INDIAN WARS TO KENTUCKY GOVERNOR SHELBY.

The Territory of Illinois was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 1, 1809, until December 3, 1818, when the southern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Illinois. Its capital was the former French village of Kaskakia and with Ninian Edwards as Governor. Governor Isaac Shelby was in office from 1812 to 1816. (Image1) (Image2)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1040   image(Mississippi River - Iowa Territory) "Davenport W.T., Oct. 4th 1837". Manuscript postmark with matching "25" cent rating updated to "50" cents to Robert T. Lytle, Surveyor General of the U.S., Cincinnati Oh., letter datelined "In Camp" concerning non-payment of $17.00 draft sent several weeks ago, Very Fine.
Estimate; $250 - 350.

On June 9th 1849, Maj. William Williams visited Davenport and provided a brief description in his journal. The town is well situated on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River on flat of land, rising from the River for a mile west with bluffs that rise to considerable height. This is a charming location with good buildings scattered along wide streets with trees on each side. (Image1)

Est. $250-350
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction
1041   image(Mississippi River - Iowa Territory) "Fort Des Moines, 12th June". Red manuscript postmark on tan buff 1836 folded letter to Col. Geo. W. Jones, House Representatives, Washington D.C. endorsed "Free", some interesting content from Postmaster C.A. Carter "…The dragoons under Capt. Summers, Boone & Browne left this on the 7 & 6 inst for Green Bay via Chicago they visit will extend to the Winnebago s. Col. Kearny is at Fort Leavenworth this your friend Shamberg left this week for New Orleans & has made a conditional resignation at the request of Capt. Brown…In a recent visit to Fort Madison I regretted to learn that the appointment of Mr. Berg as P.M. was unpopular…The Mail between this & Fort Madison is not yet carried for lack of instructions from the Dept…", Very Fine, ex-Jarrett.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

The Fort Des Moines military post was located on the west side of the Mississippi River at the north end of twelve miles of rapids near the junction of the Des Moines River. The end of the Black Hawk War in 1832 opened a large area for settlement, which was later transferred to the Iowa Territory in 1838.

The frontier was expanding after the war and Lieut. George Crossman was assigned to build a fort in 1834. The location was selected to include a steamboat landing for incoming supplies. Lieut. Crossman was assisted a shorter time later when Lt. Col. Stephen W. Kearny with 150 men of the 1st Dragoons. The fort was built without a stockade as the Indians were peaceful during this time. (Image1)

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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

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