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State Postmarks - Florida continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1341

St. Marks, Florida. Usual strike of segmented circular postmark on 1832 folded letter to Tallahassee, matching small "Ship" handstamp and light "14¼" rating alongside, contents with a detailed listing of parts & components of a shipment of machinery for assembly of a very large steam engine from West Point, N.Y. to Tallahassee, F.-V.F., a rare St. Marks usage bearing the small "Ship" handstamp, with only two strikes recorded.
Estimate; $300 - 400. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

1342

Tallahassee, Fl^A, July 15. Bold oval postmark (type IVa) and manuscript postmark on 1829 folded letter to Washington D.C.; reinforce fold splitting, a Very Fine choice strike, ex-Meroni.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction

1343

Tampa, Florida, November 15th, 1841. Exceptional strike of rimless circular postmark with manuscript day, on folded letter to Washington D.C., matching "free" rating, an Extremely Fine strike.
Estimate; $400 - 600. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

1344

Florida Territorial Balance. Of sixteen folded letters; includes Apalachicola first type cds in black and red, Key West oval postmark with matching "Free", Magnolia straight line date stamp including two to Canada, Pensacola 2nd and 3rd type cds's, Port Leon 2nd type cds, St. Augustine including letter with Indian content, earliest Quincy oval, St. Joseph and Tallahassee; condition well above the norm overall, generally F.-V.F. or better.
Estimate; $1,000 - 1,500. (Image1)

Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

State Postmarks - Georgia, Illinois & Kansas

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1345

(Georgia) "Fort Wilkinson, 26th June 1798". Manuscript postmark with matching "25 cts Paid, J.Whitney P.M." rating on folded letter from Fort Sutler to Snow Hill Md., contents concern sale of land by Indians, "…white persons who have settled amongst them (the Indians) and who from their long residence there and natural corrupt hearts have become more savage than the real Muskogee…tired of the Indian business"; tong and reinforced fold separations, Fine.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

THE EARLIEST RECORDED UNITED STATES FORT POSTMARK.

Fort Wilkinson was named for General James Wilkinson located on Oconee River four miles south of Milledgeville site of negotiation of June 1802 land treaty with Creeks. Fort Sutler's letter. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction

1346

Bluffdale, Illinois, Jan. 15. Red homemade double-oval datestamp and manuscript "25" rating on docketed 1832 folded cover to Rev. Brigham at New York N.Y., Very Fine and choice strike.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

1347

"Equality Ill, April 27th". Manuscript postmark below crossed out manuscript "Raleigh Ill, Apr 27" postmark and "Paid 5" rating on blue 1850 folded letter datelined "Marion Ill. 27th April 1850" to Hopkinsville Ky.; light edge toning, F.-V.F., this letter was written by a black man.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
CLOSED
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1348

Galesburg Ill. Clear strike of brownish straightline remailing postmark with red manuscript "May 26" date and "25" cent rating on 1842 folded letter to New York N.y., originally mailed with "Canton Ills. May 11" cds and matching "Paid" handstamp with manuscript "10" rating to Galesburg (pencil address erased and remailed); file fold, Very Fine and attractive use, ex-Rohloff.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction

1349

Jacksonville Ill Nov. 29. Rimless oval postmark with manuscript "25" rating on 1830 folded letter to Mocksville N.C., long letter, Very Fine and scarce postmark.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

1350

Jacksonville Ill. Feb 9. Red double oval datestamp and manuscript "25" rating on clean 1833 folded letter to Middlebury Vt., interesting long letter telling of journey from south to Illinois "through the Cherokee Nation", mentions Illinois land at $1.25 an acre, tells building of log house, encourages friend to visit him and possibly settle in Illinois "We apprehend no more trouble from the Indians, the Indian War and short crops last year were drawbacks", etc., Very Fine and rare marking.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1351

Saint Marie, Illinois. Fancy starred double-circle postmark with manuscript "21 March 1848" date and "Paid 10cts" rating on transatlantic folded cover to France, red Le Havre (5.9) entry cds with manuscript "10" decimes due rating, Brumath (5.12) arrival backstamp, F.-V.F.
Estimate; $150 - 200. (Image1)

Est. $150-200
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

1352

"Shawnee town, 3 Febry" (Territory). Manuscript postmark and matching "25" cent rating on 1811 folded letter to Derby Ct., written by Peter Lewis who in 1818 was appointed by Territorial Governor Ninian Edwards as a Captain in the 6th Regiment; faults mostly at edges, F.-V.F., ex-Meroni.
Estimate; $300 - 400.

Shawneetown was at the time one of the most important towns in the Illinois Territory. It had one of the principal land offices and was a shipping point for salt. (Image1)

Est. $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

1353

Winchester. Ill. Straightline postmark with red manuscript "Apl 1" rate and "25" cent rating on 1834 folded letter to Colchester Vt.; cover faults including folds reinforcement, Fine and rare straightline.
Estimate; $200 - 300. (Image1)

Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction

1354

Fort Scott, Kansas Territory to Lecompton, Kansas Territory, 1858 (May 16). Orange cover to Hon. J.W. Denver, Governor of Kansas Territory, endorsed "Express" at lower left, docketed as from "Judge Williams" at left and pencil "May 16, 1858" dating at bottom; small opening tear, Fine and scarce Kansas Territory military express use.
Estimate; $400 - 600.

This Kansas Territorial cover was sent via military express from Fort Scott to Lecompton. James W. Denver was the Territorial Governor of Kansas from December 1857 to November 1858. Judge Joseph J. Williams of the Third Judicial District of Kansas was pre-slavery and he supported the Lecompton Constitution. He was writing Denver to undermine the referendum that suspended this constitution in January 1858. Several original letters have survived, including four in the Wichita State University Archives. (Image1)

Est. $400-600
SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

State Postmarks - Louisiana to Mississippi

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

1355

Nouvelle Orleans 20 Ju 1747. Dateline on folded letter to Bordeaux, France, with straight line "De Rochefort" French entry handstamp at upper right, Very Fine, a very rare early usage from New Orleans during the French period.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000.

La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans) was founded in Spring of 1718. The French colony was ceded to the Spanish Empire in the 1763 Treaty of Paris. (Image1)

Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

1356

Nueva Orleans - 21 de Mayo 1803. Ship's register folded letter sheet to Bordeaux, with red straight line "Yndias" handstamp and the exceedingly rare "Nueva Orleans" fancy oval wreath handstamp on dispatch, signed by the postmaster of New Orleans "Marín" with accompanying "franco" notation above indicating postage paid, reverse with "Payo 32 rls" following the norm for this postal document, well preserved with all four flaps complete, including the red wax used to close the cover and being one of the characteristics which determined the ship's register to be considered as a sealed postal correspondence, Very Fine, ex-Kouri.
Estimate; $15,000 - 20,000.

ONE OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE SPANISH "NUEVA ORLEANS" OVAL WREATH POSTMARK IN PRIVATE HANDS.

Louisiana was under Spanish administration as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (1762-1802), when it was retroceded to France according to the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso (1800) and the Treaty of Aranjuez (1801). However, Spain agreed to continue administering the territory until November 30th of 1803 when the French took possession of the colony, three weeks before Louisiana Purchase on December 20th. Additional significance of this cover is that it is one of only two ship’s register covers known originating from a colony and sent to a non-Spanish destination (this item had to be submitted to the Spanish consul to Bordeaux, as indicated on front). Additionally this is an exceptional postal usage during the short period of Spanish provisional administration after the official transfer to France. (Image1)

Est. $15,000-20,000
CLOSED
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1357

Nueva - Orleans, 1 Julio en 1813. Dateline on folded letter written in Spanish, to Veracruz, Mexico, manuscript "Goletta Proserprina" schooner endorsement at lower left, with "3" reales rate marking for an unpaid single weight maritime letter, matching "Yndias" straight-line handstamp, Very Fine and choice, The "Yndias" handstamp is identical to the type previously used in New Orleans. Since the post office was closed with the end of the Spanish dominion in Louisiana in 1803, this postmark most likely was taken to and used in Havana, ex-Kouri, with 2014 Comex certificate.
Estimate; $3,000 - 4,000.

AN EXTRAORDINARY USAGE OF THE "YNDIAS" HANDSTAMP OF NEW ORLEANS APPLIED OUTSIDE THE CITY. (Image1)

Est. $3,000-4,000
CLOSED
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1358

Nueva Orleans, 21 Junio, 1813. Folded letter addressed to Veracruz, Mexico, carried to Havana and entering the mails in Cuba with small red "Indias" straight line handstamp (P.E. 37) and black "3" reales due marking as stipulated by the 1812 tariff for an unpaid single weight letter, Very Fine and choice, only four items are recorded with this small "Indias" Cuban postmark used before 1821 and quite remarkable on mail originating from Louisiana.
Estimate; $2,000 - 3,000. (Image1)

Est. $2,000-3,000
CLOSED
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1359

Nueva - Orleans 1 de Junio de 1813. Dateline on folded letter sent to Veracruz, Mexico, charged in Havana with red "3" reales due marking to pay the single maritime rate, Extremely Fine, a rare entire, ex-Kouri, with 2014 Comex certificate.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)

Est. $1,500-2,000
CLOSED
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1360

Nueva Orleans, 3 Diciembre de 1815. Dateline on folded letter from to Veracruz, Mexico, with Havana two line "Islas De, Barlovento" transit handstamp (P.E. 33), F.-V.F., a Havana marking which was very rarely struck in black and the only so far recorded originating from New Orleans, ex-Kouri, signed Guinovart.
Estimate; $1,500 - 2,000. (Image1)

Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction