Postal History by State continued...
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CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 561 |
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 [Florida] MADISON / Flor., choice type IX c.d.s. with manuscript "Paid 5" on a folded cover to Tallahassee; horizontal file fold, Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 562 |
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 [Florida] NEW PORT / Flor., light Mar 5 c.d.s. ties a 3¢ dull red (26) on a cameo-style corner card cover for McNaughton & Ormond, Commission Merchants; flap tears, Very Fine, Ex-Gibson.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 563 |
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 [Florida] "NewportFa", type IV manuscript postmark, Nov 25 (1846) with a manuscript "6" rate on a folded letter to the Collector of Customs in Bath Me. reporting the arrival in Newport of the
Brig Billow of Gardiner, Me., Very Fine. The later of only two recorded (noted as Nov 21); illustrated on page 270.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 564 |
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 [Florida] OCOLA / FLA., incomplete strike type VI c.d.s., Sep 19 (1854) with type G "PAID [in arc]/3" handstamp on a folded letter to Tallahassee; letter is a very detailed critique of local
politics, Fine to Very Fine. The only recorded example of this rate handstamp from Ocala; illustrated on page 283.
Estimate $100 - 150.
(Image)
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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 565 |
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 [Florida] Palatka, Incoming from Savannah, Ga., blue Savannah c.d.s., Feb 10 (1867) and matching cork cancel on a 6¢ pink entire U59) with bold manuscript "Per 'Dictator""; tape
repair at the left, F-VF; includes original letter datelined Savannah.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 566 |
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 [Florida] TALLAHASSEE / Flor., not-quite-complete strike of a type VII Nov 9 c.d.s. with a type h "FREE" and a type N "5" on a tan cover to Florida Senator D.L. Yulee in Washington D.C.; a bit
soiled but still Very Fine. The "5" was either applied upon determining that the free status of the letter was not valid or prior to discovering that the letter could, indeed, be sent for free—neither marking has been annulled. This
is the only recorded use of the type N "5" from Tallahassee; illustrated on page 405.
Estimate $300 - 400
David L. Yulee was the first Jew to be elected to the U.S. Senate. His inflammatory pro-slavery rhetoric in the
Senate earned him the nickname, the "Florida Fire-Eater" . (Image)
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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 567 |
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 [Florida] TALLAHASSEE / Flor., nice strike of a type VII c.d.s., Dec 15 (1850) with a handstamped type F "10" on a very clean folded letter to New Orleans; a bit soiled but still Very Fine. The letter
enquires as to the price of "five or six bushels" of corn and the price per bushel to charter a vessel to take the corn to St. Marys Ga., Very Fine. 3-5 examples of the VIIF combination in black are recorded.
Estimate
$100 - 150. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 568 |
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 [Florida] TALLAHASSEE / Flor., incomplete strike of a type VII c.d.s. in green, Dec 2 (1849) with a matching handstamped type F "10" on a folded letter to Keene, N.H.; tiny red handstamped
"Advertised Jan 1, 1850" applied at Keene with a manuscript "2" added to the "10" and totaled to "12"; the letter was then forwarded to Chestertown, N.H. with a partial red Feb 18 c.d.s. and a manuscript
"5" added to the "12" and totaled to "17". Fine and most unusual, the "Advertised" marking being exceptionally rare., Very Fine. 3-5 examples of the VIIF combination in green are recorded.
Estimate
$100 - 150
The letter is from General John P. DuVal, son of Florida's first Territorial Governor, William P. DuVal. He writes to the heirs of Revolutionary War Lieutenant Jonathan Holten of Cilley's N.H. Continental Regiment
(the Second New Hampshire) re Veteran's Commutation Pay and Bounty Lands. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $100-150
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 569 |
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 [Michigan Territory] "Ann Arbor, May 12", manuscript postmark with a matching "10" rate on a pristine 1834 folded letter to the Governor of Michigan in Detroit; the letter, from "the agent of
the Government for the Indian Department", George W. Jewett, requests redress for one John Thurston, who purchased a tract of land from the government for cultivation, only to be prevented from occupying it "by a number of Indians
of the Potawatomy tribe who are preparing to plant corn & who with menaces of violence drove him off, and even threatened to shoot him, if he attempted to disturb their possessions.". A fascinating piece of Michigan Territorial history, Very
Fine, Ex-Ebach.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 570 |
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 [Michigan] Ann Arbor, "H" in Star, the first initial of Postmaster Harry Nickels, perfectly struck and duplexed with an Ann Arbor c.d.s. tying a 2¢ red brown (210) on a yellow cover to Macon,
Mich.; reduced a bit at the right, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 571 |
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 [Michigan] Ann Arbor, "HN", the initials of Postmaster Harry Nickels, duplexed with the Ann Arbor c.d.s. and perfectly struck on a locally addressed 1¢ postal card (UX7), Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 572 |
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 [Michigan] Ann Arbor, Jack-O-Lantern, two virtually perfect strikes, the first, Jul 23, 1881, cancelling a 3¢ green entire (U163) to S. Evanston, Mich. the second on Jul 25, redirecting the
cover to "Illinois" after adding the handstamp "No Such Office in State Named"; backstamped South Evanston on Jul 26; reduced just a tad at the right, Very Fine.
Cole JO-45.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 573 |
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 [Michigan] Battle Creek, Anchor, perfect strike in blue with a matching Battle Creek c.d.s., Sep 24 (1875) on a 1¢ postal card (UX3), to Detroit with a Detroit receiver on the same
day, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 574 |
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 [Michigan] Battle Creek, "OK", two versions, both in purple: one negative on a 1¢ postal card UX5) to Detroit, the second normal tying a 3¢ green (158) on a
cover Kalamazoo; the latter reduced slightly at the left, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 575 |
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 [Michigan] Bois Blanc (Island), dateline, Jan 24, 1842, on a folded letter postmarked with a bold red "Mackinac, Feb 4" c.d.s. and a manuscript "25" rate; to Jay, Essex Co., N.Y.; the three-page
letter, is a fabulous, easily read and highly detailed account of a large family scattered throughout Michigan sent to the only family member residing outside the state., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 576 |
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 [Michigan] COPPER FALLS MINE, MICH., perfectly struck Sep 16 (1869) c.d.s. on pristine orange cover franked with a nice 3¢ (114) tied by a neat segmented cork cancel, to Clifton, Mich.; with
original letter, Extremely Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)
Get Market Data for [United States 114] |
Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 577 |
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 [Michigan] DETROIT Mich., blue c.d.s., Oct 12 (1844) on a folded letter to Boston with a manuscript "20" rate; content is a proxy authorization from the Lake Superior Copper Co.; an addendum
relates that the Brig "Aster " has run aground in Lake Superior with the result that supplies for said company will be delayed, Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 578 |
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 [Michigan] Detroit Registered Money Letter to France, perfectly struck oval "MONEY/ REGISTERED/ DETROIT" on a neat cover postmarked with a red Detroit c.d.s., Feb 14 (1855), a matching "PAID" and
an octagonal-framed "21"; sent via New York with a red "New York/ Am. Packet, Feb 21" c.d.s. and Liverpool (Mar 5 backstamp), and Calais with a clear Mar 6 entry handstamp and a manuscript "8", Extremely Fine and
choice.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500
AN EXTRAORDINARY EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE MARKING—ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED AND THE ONLY ONE ON FOREIGN MAIL.
The official Registered Mail System in the U.S. did not begin
until July 1, 1855. Prior to that, several post offices had their own markings for recording valuable mail, the best known being Philadelphia's "R" for "Recorded". A few towns near the Canadian border adopted the Canadian term,
"Money Letter". (Image)
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Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 579 |
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 [Michigan] * ECORSE * MICH., choice strike double-lined double circle datestamp, Feb 12, 1887, duplexed with a fancy double-circled star ties a 2¢ red brown (210) on a cover to Wausion, O. and
backstamped there the same day; top flap missing, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
| 580 |
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 [Michigan] Frankenlust, Mich. Apr 16, neat manuscript postmark ties a nice four-margin 3¢ dull red (11) on a clean 1856 Registered folded letter to the Michigan Land Office in Lansing;
manuscript "Registered" in the writer's hand and "No. 1 Registered Letter" in another, but no indication of the 5¢ registration fee that was presumably paid in cash, Extremely Fine. A choice, early registered cover
from a small town.
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image)
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Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
