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The John Birkinbine II Collection of of Arizona and New Mexico Postal History continued...

Arizona Territory Post Offices, cont. continued...
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1208 c Image3¢ Ultramarine (114). Horizontal pair and single, pair with small edge flaws and creasing from being folded over the edge of cover, used with 2¢ Proprietary, Perforated (R13c), tied by blue target cancels with matching Arizona City Ariz. Aug. 21” (1870) circular datestamp on buff cover to Ures, Sonora, Mexico, stamps additionally cancelled by black small squares cancels applied in transit at Tucson, revenue stamp tied by ALTAR” in fancy frame transit handstamp, manuscript 2” reales due for Mexican postage, slightly reduced at left

VERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR AND UNIQUE ARIZONA TERRITORY COVER TO MEXICO. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED ARIZONA USE OF A REVENUE STAMP TO PAY (OR OVERPAY) REGULAR POSTAGE.

This cover combines a number of fascinating and unique elements. The overland rate to Mexico was only 3¢, which paid postage to the border. Mexican postage was due from the recipient. The postmaster of Arizona City (James Barney) was apparently unfamiliar with this rate and had the cover franked for the 10¢ ocean mail rate. He compounded that mistake by allowing a 2¢ revenue stamp to be used to make up the last 1¢ of the 10¢ rate (overpaid by 1¢). Perhaps there were no 1¢ or 2¢ U.S. stamps available in Arizona City. In any event, this created a unique piece of Arizona Territory postal history.

Ex Knapp and Jarrett (Image)

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 E. 7,500-10,000

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1209 c ImageWickenburg A.T. Nov. 7/65”. Manuscript postmark ties 3¢ Rose (65) on buff cover to Vernon, Vermont, handstamp 3” due for weight, manuscript directive Per Steamer” in same hand as address, receipt docketing Received from Alfred, Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, Dec. 22, 1865”, slightly reduced at right with cover nick, stamp with small faults, otherwise Very Fine, a rare Colorado River steamboat cover from Wickenburg, carried on the Mohave I to Yuma, then to Port Isabel, Sonora, Mexico, and by ocean to New York via Panama, this is also the earliest recorded Wickenburg postmark (post office established on June 9, 1865--four recorded), except for a duplicate that was sold to another collector, the covers offered in lots 1209-1214 are the only Colorado steamboat covers that John Birkinbine was able to acquire in more than 60 years of collecting. (Image)

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 E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
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1210 c ImagePrescott Arizona Aug. 16, 1866”. Circular datestamp with target cancel tying 3¢ Rose (65) on cover to New York City street address, manuscript Per Steamship”, Very Fine, rare Colorado River steamboat cover from Prescott, carried by steamer to Yuma, then to Port Isabel, Sonora, Mexico, and by ocean to New York via Panama, except for a duplicate that was sold to another collector, the covers offered in lots 1209-1214 are the only Colorado steamboat covers that John Birkinbine was able to acquire in more than 60 years of collecting. (Image)

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 E. 1,000-1,500

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1211 c ImageYuma A.T. July 26/67”. Manuscript postmark ties 3¢ Rose (65), wildly misperfed capturing portion of adjoining stamp, on cover to Miss L. A. Tobey in Providence, Rhode Island, manuscript directive pr Steamer”, pencil Aug. 1867 receipt docketing, stamp with a couple short perfs at bottom, Very Fine Colorado River steamboat cover from Yuma, Arizona Territory, placed on a steamer in Yuma, then by steamer to Port Isabel, Sonora, Mexico, and by ocean to New York via Panama, ex Longfellow, except for a duplicate that was sold to another collector, the covers offered in lots 1209-1214 are the only Colorado steamboat covers that John Birkinbine was able to acquire in more than 60 years of collecting. (Image)

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 E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,200.00
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1212 c ImageLa Paz Arizona Dec. 4” (1867). Mostly clear strike of circular datestamp, target cancels 3¢ Rose (65) on cover to San Francisco, carried by Colorado River steamboat Colorada II to Yuma where Yuma A.T. Dec. 7” circular datestamp struck, rebagged for land route to San Francisco, with original letter datelined at La Paz, Very Fine, a rare Arizona Territory cover with the La Paz circular datestamp spelling out Arizona” (two known) and carried via Colorado River steamboat, except for a duplicate that was sold to another collector, the covers offered in lots 1209-1214 are the only Colorado steamboat covers that John Birkinbine was able to acquire in more than 60 years of collecting. (Image)

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 E. 1,000-1,500

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1213 c Image3¢ Ultramarine (114). Tied by blue target cancel with matching Arizona City Ariz. Apr. 10” (1870) circular datestamp on yellow cover addressed to Mrs. C. V. Slade in Auburn Cal., blue Geo. A. Johnson & Co. Fort Yuma Apr. 9, 1870” double-oval merchant’s handstamp, Very Fine and rare, Fort Yuma did not have a post office so this was carried across the river to Arizona City (newly renamed from Yuma, Arizona Territory) and then by Colorado River steamer to Port Isabel, by steamer around Baja California to San Diego, then by land to Auburn Cal., except for a duplicate that was sold to another collector, the covers offered in lots 1209-1214 are the only Colorado steamboat covers that John Birkinbine was able to acquire in more than 60 years of collecting. (Image)

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 E. 1,500-2,000

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1214 c Image3¢ Ultramarine (114). Tied by blue target cancel, matching Wilmington Cal. Dec. 28” (1869) circular datestamp on yellow legal-size Headquarters Department of California Official Business” imprint cover to 2nd Lieutenant James Bassell, 2¢d Artillery, Camp Toll Gate Arizona”, manuscript Via Los Angeles” indicating coastal steamer around Baja California, transited Port Isabel, Sonora, Mexico and then carried by Colorado River steamboat, transited La Paz with La Paz Ariza Feb. 12” (1870) circular datestamp, carried via Prescott and then by military express to Camp Tollgate (which had no post office), Very Fine, a wonderful and rare 3¢ 1869 cover to Arizona Territory, this is the only recorded cover to Camp Tollgate, which was a U.S. Army camp established in 1869 at the close of the Hualapai Indian War, initially called Camp Devin, it was renamed Camp Tollgate as it was built along the Hardyville-Prescott Toll Road, it was renamed Camp Hualapai in 1870 and abandoned in 1873, except for a duplicate that was sold to another collector, the covers offered in lots 1209-1214 are the only Colorado steamboat covers that John Birkinbine was able to acquire in more than 60 years of collecting. (Image)

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 E. 1,500-2,000

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1215   ImageArizona Territory Revenue Stamp Uses. Five documents from Arizona Territory bearing U.S. Revenue stamps, including 2¢ U.S.I.R. (R15c), 5¢ Express (R25c) and 25¢ Bond (R43c), documents include $200.00 check from Arizona City in Aug. 1870 with 2¢ stamp, promissory note from Prescott in Sep. 1869 with three 5¢, bill to Tucson from July 1870 with 2¢, agreement from La Paz in April 1866 with two 5¢ (missing part of right edge not affecting stamps), finally merchandise invoice Arizona City in June 1870 with 25¢, a few small flaws but overall Fine-Very Fine, a very rare group (Image)

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 E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $375.00
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1216   Arizona Territory, Engravings. Seven items, engravings depicting forts and scenes in Arizona Territory during the 1860s-70s, several are in color, including Fort Yuma, Fort Defiance, Colorado River near Mojave Villages (two different), Pima Indian women, Mission Church of San Xavier Del Bac, Maricopa Wells, Very Fine and attractive group

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 E. 400-500

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1217   ImageArizona Territory, Documents. Six printed items, including California broadside advertising for Capitalists and Working Men” to come to the mines of Arizona, Congressional Record speech of Dec. 27, 1860 by Senator James R. Doolittle of Wisconsin on a Bill to Organize the Territory of Arizona,” resolutions of the Legislature of Arizona, Jan. 25, 1865 on organizing the mails, U.S. Senate document of Mar. 22, 1860 with letter from Postmaster General regarding Butterfield contract for overland mails, portion of debate from Provisional Government of Arizona Apr. 5, 1860, mentioning Gadsden Purchase and demanding the approval of slavery, finally an unused Union Patriotic cover with map of U.S. over flag showing incorrect boundaries between New Mexico and Arizona territories (which were used by the Provisional Government of Arizona, and by the Confederate Congress when forming the Confederate Territory of Arizona), Very Fine and fascinating group (Image)

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 E. 300-400

SOLD for $190.00
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