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United States Postal History and Confederate States continued...

Presidential Free Franks continued...
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
2124 c ImageMartin Van Buren. Neat "M. VanBuren" free frank and "Department of State" on folded cover addressed in his hand to Philadelphia Pa., red "Washn. City May 17" circular datestamp and matching "FREE" handstamp, 1829 docketing on back, Very Fine, Van Buren served as Secretary of State under President Jackson, from March 1829 until May 1831 (Image)

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E. $ 400-500

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
2125 c ImageJohn Tyler. Bold "J. Tyler" free frank as ex President on blue folded cover addressed in his hand to Philadelphia, blue "Norfolk, Va. May 20" circular datestamp and matching "FREE" handstamp, manuscript "Way", 1853 docketing on back, light file fold through the free frank and small tear at top left, still Very Fine (Image)

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E. $ 300-400

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
2126 c ImageJames K. Polk. Free frank "Free J.K. Polk" as President on folded cover addressed in his hand to George Bullard in Exeter N.H., red "Washington City D.C. Feb. 20" circular datestamp, light strike of matching "FREE" handstamp, with intact Presidential wax seal on back, Very Fine and choice, very scarce (Image)

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
2127 c ImageZachary Taylor. Bold "Z. Taylor" free frank as President on cover addressed in another hand to Bayou Sara, Louisiana, red "Washington, D.C. Feb 4" (1850) circular datestamp with attached "Free", also additional manuscript "Free", fresh and Extremely Fine, Zachary Taylor free franks are generally available from his time in service as a general, but his presidential free franks are rare, owing to the fact that he died only 16 months after assuming office (Image)

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E. $ 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
2128 c ImageFranklin Pierce. Free frank "Franklin Pierce" as President on legal-size cover addressed in his hand to Philadelphia, "Washington Cy. D.C. Feb. 17" circular datestamp with integral "Free," Presidential wax seal removed from back and affixed to top left corner for display, Very Fine, although Franklin Pierce free franks are relatively common, his presidential franks are scarce and this example with the intact wax seal is outstanding (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
2129 c ImageJames Buchanan. Free frank "Free James Buchanan" as President on cover to Lancaster Pa., "Washington City D.C. Apr. 22, 185(?)" circular datestamp with integral "Free", mostly intact red Presidential wax seal on back, light overall soiling, still Very Fine (Image)

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E. $ 500-750

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
2130 c ImageAbraham Lincoln. Signature "A. Lincoln" as President on cover addressed in Lincoln's hand to the Honorable H. B. Anthony, U.S. Senate, Lincoln franked the envelope, but it was evidently carried by courier to Capitol Hill and has no postal markings

FRESH AND VERY FINE ABRAHAM LINCOLN FREE FRANK, SENT AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO A SENATE ALLY IN WASHINGTON.

Henry Bowen Anthony was a prominent Whig and later Republican politician, serving as Governor of Rhode Island, U.S. Senator and Senate President pro tempore. At the time of his death in 1884, he was one of the longest serving senators in history (Image)

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E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
2131   ImageAbraham Lincoln. 3 x 1-3/4 in. card with note in Lincoln's hand "Will the Sec. of the Treasury please see and hear this young lady?" and signed "A. Lincoln", dated in his hand "Nov. 17, 1864", light vertical crease just affects "A" of signature

VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE NOTE WRITTEN, SIGNED AND DATED BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN SHORTLY AFTER HIS ELECTION TO A SECOND TERM.

The card is on paper (held in place with small slits so no residue or other evidence on card of mounting). Accompanied by two newspaper clippings noting Miss Mollie Rhodes of Fairfax C.H. Va. pushed her way past the guards and saw Lincoln. She told him the story of her family which left their plantation in Virginia to move north at the start of the war but were now destitute. He admired her spirit and wrote this note. She got the job and they let her keep the note. (Image)

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E. $ 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $4,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
2132   ImageAbraham Lincoln. Autograph Letter Signed "A. Lincoln" on 5.25 x 6 in. piece of paper, reads "Let this man take the oath of Dec. 3 1863 be discharged. A. Lincoln Jan. 2, 1865", slight split along light horizontal fold does not affect signature

VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE EXAMPLE OF LINCOLN'S SIGNATURE WITH HIS NOTE INSTRUCTING THAT A REBEL SOLDIER BE DISCARGED UPON SWEARING AN OATH TO THE UNITED STATES. A WONDERFUL ARTIFACT.

On December 8, 1863 Lincoln issued a "Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction", which provided for a general pardon to soldiers and some officials in the Confederacy upon swearing an oath of allegiance to the United States. The Oath reads in part: "I, [name], do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of states thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves...and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves...So help me God.” Lincoln signed a number of these notes in early 1865, before his assassination in April. They are very desirable artifacts of Civil War history. (Image)

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E. $ 5,000-7,500

SOLD for $10,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
2132A   ImageAbraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. Attractively mounted photos along with what are purported to be locks of their hair, each with magnifier allowing for hair to be seen clearly, Mary Todd's magnifier has moved inside the display, Very Fine, with certificate from Cary Delery noting this was collected by Mrs. Caroline Wright, wife of then-Governor of Indiana, Joseph A. Wright, who collected the hair of political figures, it remained in the family until 1992 when her collection was auctioned at Christie's, it was sold again in 2002 as part of the Forbes collection, a fun item but offered on its own merits (Image)

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E. $ 200-300

SOLD for $400.00
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2133 c ImageUlysses S. Grant. Bold "U.S. Grant" free frank as President on cover with "From the President of the United States" imprint with "Private Secretary" crossed out, addressed in Grant's hand to Senator Justin S. Morrill at Stafford Vt., "New York Sep 16" circular datestamp at top right, 1870 docketing at left, flap missing, Very Fine U.S. Grant free frank on a presidential imprint cover (Image)

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Get Market Data for [United States Ulysses. S. Grant]

E. $ 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction

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