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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Colonial Postal History: British Parliamentary and Early Colonial, Massachusetts
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
1074 c Image(Boston to London, 1673). Folded letter datelined "Boston 6th Sept 1673" from Will Marton to London, ms. "3d" rate at bottom, "SE/8" Bishop's mark on flap (unclear if this was struck in America, or in London in error as it is only two days after the letter was written), Oct. 1673 receipt docketing on flap, contents relate to tenants and overdue rents, complaints about how difficult it is to collect money, right side of letter missing a couple small pieces just into the writing, the cover portion of the letter completely intact

FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE 1673 DATELINED LETTER FROM BOSTON TO LONDON.

Apart from the 1651 datelined letter we offered in our 2012 Rarities of the World sale (realized $30,000 hammer), this is the earliest Boston datelined letter we have encountered since keeping computerized records (Image)

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 E. $ 2,000-3,000

CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1075 c Image(Boston, 1742) "B 1/2". Manuscript postmark with 1sh2p rate in local currency on folded letter to Samuel Vernon in Newport R.I., datelined "Boston Oct. 25th", Very Fine (Image)

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 E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
1076 c Image(Boston, 1749) "Free Sam Holbrook". Postmaster's free frank on folded letter datelined "Boston 19 Feby. 1749" to Samuel Vernon in Newport R.I., letter includes request for Mr. Vernon to forward mail on a vessel to England, some age toning, Fine and extremely rare early postmaster's free frank, Samuel Holbrook, who held the title Deputy Postmaster of Boston from 1749-54, had a colorful history, including being expelled from school for cutting off a mare's ears and tail, as well as appearing by name in the Boston Evening Post for "getting one Grace Turner with child" (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
1077 c Image(Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Newport R.I., 1759) "Bost 2dwr-16grs". Manuscript postmark and rate applied in Boston on folded letter datelined "Halifax Sept. 26, 1759", directive at bottom "via Boston under cover to Mr. Caleb Blanchard" who forwarded the cover with "Rec'd and forward by your most humble serv't Caleb Blanchard", receipt docketing, arithmetic notations on one flap not affecting any docketing, mended where wax seal removed, still Very Fine Colonial forwarded letter from Halifax to Newport (Image)

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 E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1078 c Image(Hobbs Hole Va., 1765) "H. Hole 1.8d". Manuscript postmark on folded letter docketed "George Seaton Sep. 7-1765" and "Letters and order on me to pay to Col. Braxton 400 pounds," addressed to "King & Queen" which is a county in Virginia, staining and some edge splitting

FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE COLONIAL POSTMARK OF HOBBS HOLE VIRGINIA. ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES.

The Siskin collection (Bennett sale) had an Apr. 24, 1767 cover postmarked at Hobbs Hole, which was described as the only recorded example. This cover becomes the second and earliest recorded example. The post office at Hobbs Hole was in existence for only seven years during the Colonial period. According to Wikipedia, "In 1682 a local man, Jacob Hobbs, established a trading post in the now extinct Rappahannock County (in the vicinity of present-day Tappahannock). This area became known as 'Hobbs Hole'. The town comprised 50 acres divided into half-acre squares. The port was established at Hobbs Hole and called "New Plymouth", later changed back to the Indian name Tappahannock (Image)

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 E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
1079 c Image(St. Eustatius, Dutch West Indies, to Marblehead Mass., 1772) "Sh 2 dwt" (?). Folded letter datelined "St. Eustatia June 22, 1772", addressed to Marblehead Mass., manuscript "per favor" notation at bottom, manuscript rate we read as "Sh 2dwt" but might be something different, also "5/", letter includes detailed discussion of trade in sugar and rum and discusses doing business in places such as Gibraltar and Barcelona, Very Fine incoming ship letter (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

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