United States Postal History continued...
Town Postmarks by State - Virginia to Pennsylvania continued...
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 (North Carolina) Greensboro, N.C. Sep 16. Red cds with matching "Paid" straightline and fancy "10" in circle rating handstamp on 1846 folded cover to Georgetown, D.C., Very Fine and
attractive.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Plymouth, N.C. Jun 11. Red cds with tiny red straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "27" rate on 1845 folded cover to Maine, datelined "Trinity, Martinique, 17th May, 1845", neat red
"Forwarded by C. Fleurot & Co, St. Pierre, Martinique" forwarder handstamp at top left, Very Fine and choice, this is the smallest "Ship" marking used in North Carolina and the second smallest "Ship" marking recorded throughout the
United States. Only one other North Carolina cover is known with this marking and resides in a private collection of the North Carolina State Archives. The red forwarder's marking is unrecorded in Rowe., ex-Winter.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Wilmington, N.C. Jan 5. Red cds with matching straightline "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "27" rate on 1841 folded cover to New Hampshire, datelined "Trinite, Martinique, Dec. 3, 1841", neat red
"Forwarded by Dickinson and Morris, Wilmington, N.C." forwarder handstamp on reverse, some slight edge wear, otherwise Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1724 |
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 North Carolina Ship Letters, 1806-1851. Small group of eight Ship covers with various ports of entry and destinations, all neatly mounted on Richard Winter exhibition pages, also included is one Way
cover as well as a river route cover used in the bank note era, a nice group worth inspection, Very Fine, ex-Winter.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
Complete images:
View gallery or Download PDF (33MB). (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Ohio) Cincinnati, O., Jan. 4, Free. Perfect strike of blue double circle postmark on rebacked cover front to a Member of Congress in Washington, D.C. with lovely illustrated corner card Straits of
Mackinaw showing Light House, Steamboat, Mackinaw City & Mackinaw Island, Extremely Fine appearance.
Estimate; $75 - 100. (Image1)
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Est. $75-100
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 (Pennsylvania) Philadelphia, Pa., Aug 7, 1860. Octagon date stamp with matching grid handstamp canceling on 1853, 3¢ Nesbitt entire to New Orleans, La., with blind embossed corner card, Very Fine
and attractive, this being the earliest known example of this Philadelphia small octagon date stamp.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
(Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction |
Free Franks
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 John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President of United States 1825-29. Free frank "J. Q. Adams" (as Sec. of State) on 1818 folded cover to Boston, manuscript "Department of State" in another hand, light
strike of red "Washn. City Oct. 30" cds with matching "FREE" handstamp, vert. file fold with minor paper breaks, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600.
Son of John Adams, he was Minister to the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia
and Great Britain, and negotiated the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812. He was a Senator from Massachusetts and Secretary of State under Monroe. In 1824, he ran against Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay, and though Jackson received more votes,
the election was thrown into the House of Representatives. There, House Speaker Clay swayed members to vote for Adams, who then appointed Clay Secretary of State. Following his defeat in 1828, he was elected to the House of Representatives, where he
served from 1831 until his death. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th President of United States 1825-29. Free frank "J. Q. Adams" (as Sec. of State) on 1819 folded cover to Albany, manuscript "Department of State" in another hand,
postmarked nice strike of brown "Washn City Aug. 19" cds with matching "FREE" handstamp, cover forwarded to Sandy Hill with small "Albany Aug. 25" cds, vert. file fold and repair at top, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $400 -
600. (Image1)
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Est. $400-600
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), Vice President Under Andrew Jackson. Manuscript free frank "Free J.C. Calhoun" signature on cover to Columbia, S.C., postmarked red Washington, D.C. cds with attached
"Free", Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
John Caldwell Calhoun, 1782-1850 was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina,
he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Henry Clay (1777-1852), Secretary of State 1825-29. Manuscript "H. Clay" free frank with Department of State above on folded cover to Baltimore, postmarked red "Washn City Dec. 14" cds with
straight line "Free", small cover tear at top, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200.
Henry Clay, Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of
Representatives. He served three different terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives and was also Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829. He lost his campaigns for president in 1824, 1832 and 1844. Henry Clay generally did not indicate his
office when franking mail as required by regulations. (Image1)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Frances F. Cleveland Preston (1864-1947). Free frank on postcard to Chicago, postmarked Tamworth, N.H. Jul. 21, 1947, card forwarded within Illinois, handwritten message on reverse blacked out with felt
pen, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $100 - 150.
Frances Clara Cleveland Preston was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She is the only
first lady in U.S. history to have served in the role during two non-consecutive terms. Grover died in 1908, and Frances was left to raise their four remaining children alone. She refused the pension to which she was legally entitled as a widowed
first lady, but she did accept the franking privilege that was offered to presidential widows in 1909.
Frances Cleveland remarried Thomas Preston, professor of archaeology and acting president at Wells College, on February 10, 1913. (Image1)
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Est. $100-150
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Howell Cobb (1815-1868). Two covers with manuscript free frank "Howell Cobb" signature, both addressed in his hand, one addressed to his wife & one to Col. John B. Lamar, both in Macon, Ga., postmarked
different type Washington City, D.C. Free cds's, one with part of flap torn off, Very Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.
Cobb was Governor of Georgia (1851-1853) and served as Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury from 1857 to December
10, 1860, when he resigned. Cobb personally opposed secession. He was Chairman of the convention of delegates from the seceded states, which assembled in Montgomery, Alabama on February 24, 1861 to form a Confederate government. In July 1861, Cobb
accepted a commission as Colonel in the Confederate Army and was later commissioned a Major General. He saw action at Shiloh and Antietam and surrendered at Macon, Georgia on April 20, 1864. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), House Speaker, Vice-President of the U.S. Under Grant, 1869-73. Three free frank covers, two as Vice President & one as Speaker of the House, first with free frank "Schuyler
Colfax, Speaker H. Reps" on 40th Congress shaded envelope to Philadelphia, postmarked "Washington, D.C. Free" double circle, second with on envelope with "Vice President's Chamber" imprint with "Schuyler Colfax, VP" free frank to Washington, D.C. for
1873 Reception at Masonic Temple, last is small unused envelope with "Schuyler Colfax, VP" free frank, all addressed in his hand, Very Fine.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1) (Image2)
(Image3)
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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Millard Fillmore (1800-1874), 13th President 1850-53. Manuscript free frank "Free M. Fillmore" on immaculate small unused cover, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Fillmore served in
Washington from 1833-1835 and 1837-1843 while a member of the House of Representatives and 1849-1850 while Vice President. He became President on July 9, 1850, following the death of President Taylor. He failed to get the Whig presidential nomination
in 1852 and returned to his Buffalo home after leaving the White House on March 3, 1853. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 James A. Garfield (1831-1881), 20th President of the United States 1881. Manuscript "J.A. Garfield MC" free frank as Member of Congress on cover to Hon. James Monroe in Oberlin, Oh., postmarked "Hiram, O.
Sep. 12" cds with bold straight line "Free" handstamp, slightly reduced at right, Very Fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Garfield rose to major general during the Civil War, served as chief of staff under Rosecrans and won his seat in
Congress while still in uniform. He was elected to the Senate in 1880 and later won the Presidency that year. He was shot by Charles Guiteau in Washington after only three months as President and died later in New Jersey. (Image1)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, 1832-1918, wife of James Garfield, first Lady of the United States 1881. Manuscript "Lucretia R. Garfield, Free" free frank signature on small mourning envelope addressed in her
own hand to Mr. Dewitt Miller, Union League Club, Philadelphia, Pa., postmarked "Westmentor, Ohio Jun. 25, 1900" cds, cover with two strikes of "Due 4" handstamp at bottom left with traces of Postage Due Stamps which have been removed, reverse
with manuscript notation from recipient, "Upon my complaint the charge for due postage was cancelled and the stamps removed. DM", Very Fine and unusual.
Estimate; $200 - 300.
Lucretia's stay in the White House was brief
because of Garfield's assassination on September 19, 1881, approximately six months after he took office, but she enjoyed the franking privilege for 37+ years. It was granted on December 20, 1881. (Image1) (Image2)
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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), 7th President of the United States, 1829-1837. Large bold manuscript free frank "Free Andrew Jackson" as President on folded cover to "B.F. Butler Esq., Attorney General for the
United States, New York", postmarked red "City of Washington Oct. 30" cds and matching "Free" handstamp, docketed "Andrew Jackson, Oct. 29, 1835" on flap, two vert. file folds, still Very Fine.
Estimate; $750 - 1,000.
Andrew
Jackson was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Prior to his presidency, he gained recognition as a general in the U.S. Army and held roles in both houses of
Congress. While he is often celebrated as a champion of the common man and a unifier of the nation, Jackson has also faced significant criticism for his racial policies, particularly in his treatment of Native Americans.
On November 15, 1833,
President Andrew Jackson appointed Benjamin Franklin Butler, Attorney General, an office he held until 1838. (Image1)
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Est. $750-1,000
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 John Jay (1745-1829). Manuscript "J. Jay" free frank at bottom left of 1778 folded cover to the "Governor of the State of Rhode Island", docketed on reverse "John Jay Esq Dec. 10th, 1778"
(the day he was elected President of the Continental Congress), Very Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
John Jay, President of the Continental Congress (1778-79), delegate from New York (1774-77, 1778-79), Secretary of Foreign
Affairs and Secretary of State under Washington, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Jay served as President of the Continental Congress from December 10, 1778 to September 28, 1779. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), 39th President of the United States 1977-81. Manuscript "J Carter" free frank signature as ex-President on immaculate cover to DeForest, Wis., postmarked bold "Americus, GA Aug 18
1987" duplex handstamp, typed "President Jimmy Carter, Plains Ga." return address, Extremely Fine and choice Jimmy Carter free frank as ex-President.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
Jimmy Carter and his wife were born in Plains Ga.
Knowledgeable in scientific and technological subjects, Carter took over the family peanut farm and through hardship was able to successfully expand despite his first crop being a total failure. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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 James Madison (1751-1836), 4th President of the United States 1809-17. Manuscript free frank "James Madison" as Secretary of State on folded cover with "Department of State" endorsement and addressed in
his hand to "Israel Whelen Esq., Purveyor of the U. States, Philadelphia", postmarked "Wash.City May 13" cds with matching "Free" handstamp, docketed on reverse, "Dept. of State May 13th 1801-informing when the G. Washington would be
ready to take in another Cargo &c", two vert. file folds (not affecting signature), otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate; $500 - 750.
James Madison was appointed Secretary of State on March 2nd 1801 and served until he became
President on March 4th 1809. (Image1)
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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction |
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