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 Fort Randall, Dak. Aug 10. Sharp strike of double-circle postmark, matching four-ring target cancels 3¢ rose (65) on orange cover to Hammond, Wisc.; reduced slightly at right, a Very Fine
Dakota Territory fort use.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 882 |
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 Fort Riley KT, July 23. Balloon-style cds ties 3¢ dull red (11A), large margins all around, on light buff cover to Hampton Va., Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 883 |
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 Fort Riley, Min, Mar 13. Cds ties 3¢ dull red (11), large margins to slightly in, on cover to New Haven, Conn., F.-V.F. and scarce Fort.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Sanders, Dakota, Jul 3. Blue cds with matching partial quartered cork cancel on well centered 3¢ rose (65) on 1868 cover to Oswego N.Y., pink "Larami City, Dacotah, July 6, 1868"
docketing; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine and rare Fort, One of only about 6 recorded examples.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
Fort Sanders, Dakota Territory was a wooden fort constructed in 1866 on the Laramie Plains in
southern Wyoming, near the city of Laramie. Originally named Fort John Buford, it was renamed Fort Sanders after General William P. Sanders who died at the Siege of Knoxville during the American Civil War. This was the second fort to be named after
Sanders, the first being in Knoxville, Tennessee. The fort was originally intended to protect travelers on the nearby Overland Trail from Indian attacks, but later the garrison was tasked with protecting the workers of the Union Pacific railroad when
it arrived in the spring of 1868. In 1869 the town of Laramie (originally called "Laramie City") was created about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the fort. Fort Sanders became less important following the construction of Fort D. A. Russell in Cheyenne in
1868, but the War Department maintained it until 1882 when the buildings were sold. (Image1)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 885 |
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 Fort Sedgwick, Col., Jun 27. Clear cds with manuscript day, on cover to Waterbury, Ct. franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (s.e. at right) tied by matching target, Very Fine.
Scott No. 65; Estimate
$200 - 300.
Fort Sedgwick was established to protect the inhabitants of old Julesburgh against Indian raids. A hardship post, many of its buildings were nothing more than sod huts. The post office operated from 1866 to 1869 only. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States 65] |
Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 886 |
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 "Fort Taylor Fla". Manuscript postmark and matching ms. "Paid 5" rating on blue green folded letter datelined "Hernando May 15th 1853" to Tallahassee Fla., letter concerns land matters, Very Fine and
rare Florida Fort postmark.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED FORT TAYLOR MANUSCRIPT POSTMARKS. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $525.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 887 |
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 "Fort Tejon, Cal, 3d April 1860" (Los Angeles). Manuscript postmark (LOS-3320, R7) and matching "P Paid 6¢" rating on orange cover addressed to Lieut. McPherson, Corps of Engineers at San Francisco
Cal.; sealed cover tear affects postmark, F.-V.F. and rare.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
THE EARLIEST OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE FORT TEJON MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK.
This postmark has a value rating of 7 by Williams, only
three other locations are rated that high in his work on L.A. County. We offered the other recorded example of this postmark dated April 6th to McPherson in our Sale 62. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Totten, Dak. May 3. Cds with matching four-ring target cancel on 3¢ pink (U59) entire to Portsmouth, Ohio; reduced slightly at right, some edge wear, Very Fine and scarce early Dakota
Territory fort use.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 889 |
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 Fort Towson, Ark. Jul 19 (Choctaw Indian Nation). Clear cds and manuscript "10" rating on 1847 blue folded letter to Alexandria La.; small edge tear at right, a Very Fine use.
Estimate; $200 -
300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 "Fort Washita C.N, Jan 26th 1852". Manuscript forwarding postmark with dating updated from "Dec 29th 1851" and crossed out, on orange buff cover bearing 3¢ orange brown (10A) cancelled by circular
grid cancel and red "New Orleans La., Dec 9" origin cds, manuscript "Via Little Rock" and "Ford -5-" rating at bottom left, endorsed " If Lieut. Lear is not at Ft Washita, The PM will please forward", sent back to New Orleans where green "N.O.U.S.
City Post, Feb 10" snowshovel carrier datestamp and matching "Car 2" oval handstamp struck; some erosion and no backflap; 3¢ small tear, Fine and attractive, a remarkable forwarded use.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Fort
Washita was in Chickasaw Nation and established in 1844 in what is now Bryan County, Oklahoma. It was built to protect the citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from the Plains Indians. The Fort was later abandoned at the start of the Civil
War by Federal troops. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 891 |
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 "Fort Yuma, July 24th 1862". Dateline on blue folded letter endorsed "Soldier's Letter C.O.D., Lt Zabriskie Adgt 5th Inf C.V." at left, entered mails with "Los Angeles Cal., Aug 1" cds and
manuscript "Due 3" rating to Sacramento City Cal., some excellent content starting off "…I have seen two letters from you written to Ed, they came in by the last Pony as we call it in other words by the Express…", talks of
commanding officer resigning and other officer changes as a result, "…The report is current that we will soon move ahead Capt Whitlock with … the 5th and Capt Green with G. of the first have both left within a short time - they are
moving Eastward…Should our Army in the East continue to meet with success we may be back before three years have expired nothing would please me better than to hear of Peace but if that cannot be then I want to go on and be in the contest
where others more dear to me than life itself are engaged for the good of our Land…There are a few prisoners of war at the post and several political ones who have been sent down from Tucson and that section - I have had some fine sails on the
Colorado in a small boat a few days ago… I would like you to have you send us some three cent postage as there is none to be had at this Post…", Very Fine.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
A REMARKABLE CALIFORNIA
VOLUNTEER CIVIL WAR SOLDIER'S LETTER FROM FORT YUMA VIA LOS ANGELES. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $2,400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Yuma, Arizona Territory. 1866 forwarded cover bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by fancy "H" in circle cancel duplexed with partial "Hartford Conn., Jun 11" cds to soldier of the 14th Infantry at
Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory, forwarded with "Vancouver, W.T., Jul 14" cds to the Presidio at San Francisco, and forwarded with "San Francisco Cal., Jul 23" cds to Fort Yuma, Arizona, addressee pencil notation "Rec at Pilot knob on the
desert the day before we arrived at this place Aug 10th 1866"; some toning and wear; reduced slightly at left, Fine and remarkable 60-day journey in search of soldier.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 893 |
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 "Fort Zarah Ks, Nov 25 1865". Manuscript postmark ties 3¢ rose (65), corner flaw, on orange cover to Cincinnati, Ohio, docketed "Recd Dec 9"; edge wear, Very Fine and exceptionally rare Fort with
only two recorded uses.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Fort Zarah was a fort in Barton County, Kansas, northeast of present-day Great Bend, Kansas, that was used from 1864 to 1869. In July 1864, because of frequent attacks from indigenous
tribes in the area, Camp Dunlap was established 2 miles east of present-day Great Bend, Kansas, where the Santa Fe Trail crossed Walnut Creek. At first the camp was a series of tents and dugouts on the riverbank close to the Rath Ranch (trading
post). However work immediately started on a more permanent facility about 100 yards from the dugouts and renamed Fort Zarah. In 1866 it was replaced by a second Fort Zarah built about 1/2 mile up river. Ft. Zarah was abandoned in 1869. Even though
Fort Zarah had a short life, it saw its share of skirmishes with local Native American tribes and colorful characters including George Armstrong Custer, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Mathewson, Buffalo Bill Cody, Kit Carson, and the Kiowa chief
Satank aka Sitting Bear. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $625.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Fort Sanders, Wyo. Jul 18, 1881. Complete purple cds duplexed with circular grid cancel on 1¢ postal card (UX5) to Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, Very Fine and rare Wyoming Territory
Fort.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Military Related Mail, Autographs & Free Franks
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| 895 |
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 (1846-1848 Mexican-American War) 1846 (Feb. 14) Jalapa, Mexico ALS Letter From U.S. Minister John Slidell. ALS datelined "Jalapa, 14 Febry 1846" with some interesting content "…Since I left the
Capital on the 17 inst. nothing has occurred to indicate any possible change in the attitude of this government…I am anxiously awaiting my definitive instructions from Washington. Should appearances be to an amicable arrangement of the Oregon
question, it is not impossible that I may yet return to Mexico. If there be a prospect of war between the United States & Great Britain. I have no hope that your flattering anticipation of the result of my mission will be realized." and signed
"John Slidell"; carried privately to the United States and entered mails with "Pensacola Flor. Mar 2" cds and manuscript "10" rating to Philadelphia Pa.; some internal fold splitting and aging, Very Fine and remarkable historical Slidell Mission
letter.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
John Slidell (1793-1871) was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a staunch defender of slavery as a
Representative and Senator. He served as minister plenipotentiary to Mexico from 1845-1846.
Prior to the Mexican-American War, Slidell was sent to Mexico, by President James Knox Polk, to negotiate an agreement whereby the Rio Grande would be
the southern border of Texas. He also was instructed to offer, among other alternatives, a maximum of $25 million for California by Polk and his administration. Slidell warned Polk that the Mexican reluctance to negotiate a peaceful solution might
require a show of military force to defend the border by the United States. Under the command of General Zachary Taylor, U.S. troops were sent into the disputed area between the Rio Grande and Nueces Rivers. The Mexican government, in a state of
chaos at the time, rejected Slidell's mission. After Mexican forces repelled a U.S. scouting expedition, the United States declared war on Mexico on May 13, 1846. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Spanish-American War) Remember the Maine, Co. E, 20th Kansas Inft., U.S.V. Red and blue flag patriotic design on cover bearing 2¢ Trans-Mississippi (286) tied by quartered cork duplexed with
"Presideo, Cal. Aug 7, 1898" cds to Garnett, Kansas, purple "Catholic Truth Society" circular handstamp, Very Fine, with 2010 P.F. certificate.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Spanish-American War) 1898-1901, Spanish American War Patriotics. Group of 28 mostly different including desirable designs, better noted 1¢ Trans-Miss. #285 pair on "On to Cuba, Remember the
Maine" flag and soldiers boarding ship design, Second Oregon Volunteer Inf. showing Eagle and Shield from Manila Philippines; 1¢ and 2¢ Trans-Miss. #285, 286 solo uses on all-oval flag designs; #279 (2) on two-sided all-over flag design of
American Flag on front and Cuban flag on reverse; 5¢ Pan-Am #298 on Commodore Watson design, #279B on Lieutenant R.P. Hobson eagle and flag portrait deisgn, "On Guard in the "Sunny South" and "Mustered Out" Camp Witherill S.C. uses; three
different Camp Thomas designs, several different Flag designs, etc., one is a front, F.-V.F. and wonderful group.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500.
Complete Images. (Image1)
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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Spanish-American War) Despatch to Spain or Spanish Colonies Prohibited on Account of War. Label on 1898 cover bearing 1¢ blue (264) and 2¢ pink (267) tied by "New York, Apr 26 '98"
machine cancel on 2¢ green entire to Bilbao, Spain, purple "Do Not Post Again this Envelope or Wrapper" New York return-to-sender pointing-hand handstamp, Very Fine and choice Spanish-American War use.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Spanish-American War) Despatch to Spain or Spanish Colonies Prohibited on Account of War. Label on greenish 1898 cover bearing 10¢ dark green (273) tied by "New York, Apr 20 '98" duplex with
preprinted address to Havana, Cuba, printed "Via Tampa" endorsement at upper left, purple "Do Not Post Again this Envelope or Wrapper" return-to-sender pointing-hand handstamp, Very Fine and choice Spanish-American War use.
Estimate; $500 - 750. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (World War I Prisoner of War) 1918 Internment Camp Hot Springs N.C. 1¢ postal card (UX22) uprated with 1¢ Jamestown (328) tied by "Hot Springs, N.C., Jul 25" machine cancel to Detroit
Mich., endorsed "U.S. Internment Station, Hot Springs, N.C., Albert Ebel, Bar. 6., 16. Juli 1918" at top left, purple "Censored, U.S. Department of Justice, Hot Springs, N.C." three-line handstamp and additional "Jul 16 1918" handstamp below, Very
Fine and rare WWI German Internee mail.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
May 1917, the town of Hot Springs had a population of 650 but soon the number would increase with the addition of almost 2200 German prisoners. This would be the
largest World War I prison camp in the United States at the time. The Mountain Park Hotel had been a thriving business until the outbreak of WWI when travel to the hotel slowed considerably. The owner Col. Rumbough negotiated a contract with the War
Department to house Germans, most of whom were civilians and comprised of the crews of the German commercial ships which had taken cover in American ports when Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1914. Included in the group were members of a
German orchestra as well as the crew of the world's largest ship, the "Vaterland." Because they were civilians, they could not be called "prisoners-of-war" but were named "enemy aliens" by the Department of Immigration. Consequently, 2200 passengers,
officers and crew members came by train to Hot Springs and spent the remaining 19 months of the war in the internment camp. (Image1)
Get Market Data for [United States Collection] |
Est. $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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