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United States and Confederate States Postal History continued...

Western Mails -- Utah Territory continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2056 c Image"Ft. Kearny O.R." (1852)--Woodson Contract Mail. Clear strikes of fancy oval pictorial Eagle handstamp, one tying 3c Dull Red, Ty. II (11A), second strike of fancy cancel at bottom of 1852 buff cover to Parsippany N.J., manuscript "June 22/52" also ties stamp and is an indication of the expected departure date of the Woodson Contract mail for Independence, Missouri, manuscript "mail direct" at left, original contents, stamp with small faults and cover with some light creasing and edgewear

FINE APPEARANCE. AN EXTREMELY RARE COVER WITH THE FANCY FORT KEARNY "OREGON ROUTE" EAGLE HANDSTAMP, CARRIED ON THE WOODSON CONTRACT MAIL ROUTE BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY AND INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF THIS MARKING RECORDED IN BLACK.

The letter enclosure to this cover is datelined at Fort Kearny (modern-day Nebraska) on June 15, 1852. The Woodson Contract mail left Salt Lake City on June 13 (two weeks late) and picked up this cover en route, before arriving at Independence, Missouri, around July 8. The "O.R." in the handstamp stands for "Oregon Route", which was a postal designation for the Platte River Road. Post offices along the route used "O.R." in their postmarks and mail to the Oregon Route was often misdirected to Oregon. Only four examples of the fancy Fort Kearny "O.R." Eagle handstamp are recorded--this is the only example in black.

Illustrated in Mails of the Westward Expansion on p. 125. Ex Risvold and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $5,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2057 c Image"Fort Laramie O.R." (1852)--Woodson Contract Mail. Clear strike of crude circular handstamp with negative "5" in circle handstamp on buff cover to Albany N.Y., original letter (no longer present) was datelined "Nebraska Territory eight miles above Fort Laramie July 5th, 1852", some minor edge wrinkling, Very Fine and rare "Fort Laramie O.R." postmark on a cover carried on the Woodson Contract route to Independence, Missouri, fewer than ten are known, the "O.R." in the handstamp stands for "Oregon Route", which was a postal designation for the Platte River Road, post offices along the route used "O.R." in their postmarks and mail to the Oregon Route was often misdirected to Oregon, ex Risvold and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,400.00
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2058 c Image"Fort Laramie N T Jun. 15" (1853). Clear strike of blue circular datestamp with matching "5" cents due handstamp on folded letter to Unity, Maine, datelined "26 miles below Fort Laramie, June 4, 1854", with nice content including "there are a great many cattle going through this season the roads on both sides of the River are crowded with stock, we passed Chimney Rock June the 1st we are now amongst the Sou (Sioux) Indians...", inconsequential closed tear at left below the postmark, Very Fine Nebraska Territory cover, ex Vogel, Risvold and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
2059 c Image"Fort Laramie N T Dec. 26" (1858). Clear strike of blue circular datestamp with matching "FREE" straightline on folded letter from Lt. George Hazzard of the 4th Artillery to Ordnance Department, U.S. Army, Washington D.C., endorsed "Official Business", receipt docketing of Jan. 22, 1859, Very Fine Nebraska Territory cover, this was carried on the Hockaday Mail route (little of which survives), which left Salt Lake City on December 25, 1858 and traveled via Fort Laramie to St. Joseph, arriving around January 15, Hazzard later became a colonel in the Union Army and was killed in action at the 1862 Battle of White Oak Swamp, illustrated in Mails of the Westward Expansion on p. 132, ex Risvold and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
2060 c Image"Socorro NM Nov. 7" (1860)--Butterfield Route. Manuscript New Mexico Territory postmark with pen cancel on 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) on buff cover addressed in the hand of Harriet L. Shaw, the wife of Rev. John Milton Shaw, a Baptist schoolteacher who served as military chaplain at Fort Defiance from 1853 to 1856, to her mother in Hannibalville N.Y., manuscript "Via Texas" directive, stamp with light corner crease and cover with rounded corner at bottom right where reduced, still Very Fine and very rare, in 1860 Butterfield ran a branch line from El Paso to Santa Fe, with Socorro in the middle, this cover was routed south "Via Texas" which is unusual as normally such mail would have been routed up the Santa Fe Trail to Independence, Missouri--after Shaw resigned as chaplain at Fort Defiance, the family moved to Socorro in 1857, Vincente St. Vrain was postmaster from Nov. 2, 1855, to Nov. 8, 1860 (this was postmarked by St. Vrain just before his term expired), ex Birkinbine, Kramer and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

CLOSED
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2061 c Image10c Green, Ty. III (33). Horizontal strip of three, tied by "Santa Fe N.M. Dec. 13" (1858) New Mexico territorial circular datestamp on buff cover to France, red "New York Paid 12 Jan. 15" (1859) credit datestamp, boxed "P.D." handstamp and French entry datestamp of Jan. 29, transit and arrival backstamps, Very Fine and desirable New Mexico Territory use of the 10c 1857 Issue to France, paying the double rate, this cover was carried under the Jacob Hall contract on the weekly stage, departing Santa Fe December 13, 1858, and arriving Independence, Missouri, on January 2, 1859, after transiting to New York it sailed on the Inman Line's City of Manchester on January 15, arriving Liverpool January 28, ex Vogel and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 1,000-1,500

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2062 c Image"Ft. Union N.M. June 4, 64". Manuscript territorial postmark with "X" cancelling 3c Rose (65) on cover to Wallingford Vt., unusual strike of "Wallingford Vt. Jul. 6" circular datestamp struck as a receiving mark, slightly reduced at right, very minor edge soiling, Very Fine, ex Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 300-400

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2063 c ImageStockton-Kansas City Route, Santa Fe Contract Mail (1859). "Dutch Flat Cal. (Jan.) 21" (1859) circular datestamp with bold "10" and "Paid" in circle handstamps on cover to Albany Wis., neat manuscript directive "Overland via Stocton" and carried on the Stockton-Kansas City contract route, some edge and corner wear, couple inconsequential small stains

THE ONLY RECORDED COVER CARRIED ON THE STOCKTON-KANSAS CITY OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE. A GREAT RARITY OF WESTERN MAILS.

According to Mails of the Westward Expansion, the Post Office Department signed a four-year contract for Route 15050 with Jacob Hall on May 28, 1858, calling for monthly service between Kansas City, Missouri, and Stockton, California, via Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Ft. Mohave. Hall transferred his contract to Barrow, Porter & Crenshaw (he had been partners with Hall on another Santa Fe mail contract). Westbound service began on October 1, 1858, from Kansas City, arriving without incident in Stockton on November 24. The first eastbound trip was not so lucky. After departing Stockton with 50-60 letters on November 1, they encountered hostile Indians and were forced to return home. In total only six successful trips were completed under the contract. The cover offered here was carried on the fourth successful eastbound trip, which left on February 1, 1859, and arrived in Kansas City around March 29. This is the only surviving cover from any of the Stockton-Kansas City contract trips. The contract was terminated as of July 1, 1860.

Illustrated in Mails of the Westward Expansion on p. 183. Ex Risvold and Walske (Image)

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 E. $ 10,000-15,000

CLOSED
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