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

Arizona Area of New Mexico Territory continued...
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1058 c ImageArizona N.M. Jan. 4” (1860) Circular Datestamp on Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Cover Carried by Butterfield Overland Mail. Blurry but readable strike of circular datestamp on 10¢ Pale Green on Buff Nesbitt entire (U18a) with red Wells, Fargo & Co. printed frank, addressed to Miss Rhoda H. Stevens, Rome, New York, same name and address noted on back, right edge restored (originally reduced slightly into embossed stamp)

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE ONLY RECORDED WELLS, FARGO & CO. EXPRESS COVER ORIGINATING IN ARIZONA--CARRIED ON THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL STAGE.

Wells, Fargo & Co. used the Butterfield Overland Mail stages to carry express mail and valuable freight across Arizona and New Mexico. This cover was postmarked at Arizona City at the Yuma Crossing and then placed in a Wells Fargo pouch on the eastbound Butterfield stage to Tipton, Missouri (near St. Louis). From there it went by railroad to New York City, where it was handed over to the main post office for final delivery to Rome, New York. It is the only recorded example of Wells Fargo express mail from Arizona.

William Sanders Oury was the agent for both the Overland Mail Company and Wells, Fargo & Company. He later became the first mayor of Tucson and first president of the Society of Arizona Pioneers. Wells Fargo took control of the Overland Mail Company in 1860 and forced out its president, John Butterfield.

Ex Shipley (Image)

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 E. 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $5,000.00
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1059 c ImageArizona N.M. Jun 1st Paid 30” (1859) Manuscript Postmark on Cover to Prussia. Neatly written postmark and 30¢ Prussian Closed Mail rate on buff cover to Bilstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Prussia, addressed by Friedrich Louis Brill to Johan Brill and directed via New York to Bremen”, red N. York Am. Pkt. 7 Paid Jun. 25” 7¢ credit datestamp, red AACHEN 9 7/FRANCO” (July 9) framed transit datestamp, Ausg. 10/7 No. 1” receiving backstamp, vertical fold and minor edgewear

VERY FINE. THE ONLY RECORDED COVER FROM ARIZONA CITY TO A FOREIGN DESTINATION. A TRULY OUTSTANDING TERRITORIAL COVER.

The manuscript postmark was applied by Arizona City postmaster, Lansford Warren Hastings. The 30¢ Prussian Closed Mail rate was paid in Arizona City, and the cover was treated as fully prepaid in New York’s foreign mail office, which credited the Prussian mail authorities 7¢. The cover traveled by stagecoach from Arizona City to Tipton, Missouri (near St. Louis), by railroad to New York City, and by transatlantic steamship to Europe. The ocean voyage was on the Havre Line’s Fulton, which departed New York on June 25, 1860, and arrived in Southampton July 7 and Le Havre July 8.

Fascinating biographical information regarding the sender, a Prussian immigrant named Friedrich Louis Brill, can be found at https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/196399/content/BRILL-F.PDF and https://cals.arizona.edu/azaqua/extension/Classroom/AZAqua.htm . Brill came to the United States in 1849 and succeeded in different business enterprises, eventually establishing a cattle business and fish farm in Arizona. (Image)

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 E. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $3,250.00
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1060 c ImageTubac, N.M. July 28” (1859) Manuscript Postmark. 3¢ Dull Red, Ty. III (26) with pen strokes cancel on blue folded cover to J. B. G. Isham, captain of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.’s Golden Gate, addressed to Guaymas, Mexico, no Mexican postage due and forwarded to San Francisco without charge, slightly reduced at left, stamp has large tear and pre-use crease

VERY FINE APPEARANCE. THE ONLY KNOWN TUBAC MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK ON A COVER TO MEXICO, WHICH WAS UNDELIVERABLE AND SENT ON TO SAN FRANCISCO.

The complete story of Captain J. B. G. Isham’s involvement in disputed land claims in Sonora will be found in Pamphlets on Lower California.1859-1887, Volume 1 (available at Google Books). (Image)

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 E. 2,000-3,000

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1061 c ImageTubac, N.M. Aug. 4” (1859) Manuscript Postmark--Lathrop’s Buckboard Mail to Tucson, and from Tucson to St. Louis by Butterfield Overland Mail. 3¢ Rose, Ty. I (25) with pen strokes cancel on yellow cover to Thomas F. Jones in Columbus, Ohio, pencil docketing From Theodore Jones, Received the 23 August 1859 No. 46”, cover has edge nicks at bottom and staining on back

VERY FINE. EXTREMELY RARE TUBAC MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK ON A COVER CARRIED BY LATHROP’S BUCKBOARD CONTRACT MAIL TO TUCSON AND FROM THERE BY BUTTERFIELD.

The manuscript Tubac postmark was applied by Postmaster D. F. Hulseman, who contracted with S. H. Lathrop, treasurer of the Sonora Exploration and Mining Co., to carry mail on weekly buckboard trips between the two towns (see page 40). (Image)

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 E. 2,000-3,000

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1062 c ImageTubac, N.M. Nov. 24” (1859) Manuscript Postmark. 3¢ Dull Red, Ty. III (26) with pen strokes on yellow cover to Cincinnati, receipt docketing H. C. Grosevenor, Nov. 20 - 1859”, sender’s directive Via OM to St. Louis”, sent by the mine operator H. C. Grosvenor in Tubac (killed by Apaches in 1861--see lot 1074), carried by Lathrop’s Buckboard Mail to Tucson and then by Butterfield stage, edge faults, Fine, accompanied by four covers with Tubac manuscript postmarks from the Jones correspondence, each with a 1¢ 1857 intact but 5¢ 1857 peeled off (Image)

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1063 c Image1859 August 22--Addressed to Phocion R. Way, Tubac in Arazonia N.M., Via St. Louis or Memphis, The Overland Mail”. 3¢ Red on Buff Nesbitt entire (U10) with clearly written address, Wilmington O. Aug. 22” (1859) circular datestamp, small scuff in N.M.” and small tear, Very Fine, Phocion R. Way was an employee of Charles Poston, he arrived in Tuscon in June 1858 and kept a diary of his travels and observations (Image)

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 E. 750-1,000

SOLD for $400.00
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1064 c ImagePimos Vills N.M. Aug. 23” (1859) Circular Datestamp. Partly legible dry” strike ties 3¢ Rose, Ty. I (25) on yellow cover addressed to Theo Jones Esq. Down Coach Coming East”--meaning the addressee was on a previous eastbound stagecoach, the driver inquired at each Butterfield station until it was delivered (in Texas), slightly reduced at left, stamp has small perf flaw

FINE. AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE PIMA VILLAGES HANDSTAMPED POSTMARK.

Pima Villages comprised the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee-Posh (Maricopa) villages in what is now the Gila River Indian Community in Pinal County, Arizona. The mail was handled by Silas St. John, who was appointed postmaster on June 21, 1859. St. John had previously managed the construction of stations for the San Antonio and San Diego Mail Line. In September 1858 he was attacked during the night by Mexican workers. His two American companions were murdered, but St. John survived the brutal axe attack, which resulted in the amputation of his left arm. After his recovery he was made station agent of Pima Villages. The post office was located at the stage station St. John operated for the Butterfield Overland Mail Company at Sacaton. St. John was replaced as postmaster by Cyrus Lennan on January 11, 1860.

See lot 1163 for manuscript postmark (Image)

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 E. 2,000-3,000

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