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Fall Postal History 2022
Our Fall 2022 Postal History sale includes the John D. Bowman Collection of Boyd's City Express Post, the William B. Robinson Collection of Wisconsin Postal History, material from the collections of Steven M. Roth and Graham Booth, FRPSL, and much more.
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serifed circular datestamp with manuscript date and matching “25” rate on 1836 folded letter to Springfield, Illinois, where an additional datestamp was applied and the letter forwarded to Westfield, Massachusetts (an additional 25c was charged for a total of 50c), splitting along file folds, very fine, one of just three recorded examples of this postmark, a great rarity of Wisconsin postal history
manuscript postmark on large part folded letter to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, matching "25" rate, extremely fine and attractive, Menomonee only operated a post office from 1834 to 1837 and very few covers are recorded, ex-Hustis and Van Vlissingen
bold manuscript postmark with matching "Free" on folded letter to George W. Jones in Washington, DC, letter datelined 1836 (postmark is in error as Jones was not yet a delegate to the House of Representatives in January 1835), extremely fine and rare, ex-Hustis
manuscript postmark on large part 1833 folded letter to Philadelphia, matching "25" rate, extremely fine and rare, ex-Hustis and Van Vlissingen
manuscript postmark on 1833 folded letter to Cincinnati, Ohio, matching “Paid 25” rate, written by A.G. Ellis regarding survey work at Grand Cacalin (now Kaukauna), some splitting along the folds, very fine and rare, ex-Risvold
bold manuscript postmark on 1833 folded letter to New York City, matching “25” rate, written by R.S. Satterlee and datelined Fort Howard, extremely fine, Navarino’s post office operated for only 16 months between 1833-34 before operations were transferred to Green Bay, ex-Sampson and Van Vlissingen
faded manuscript postmark on 1834 folded letter from A.G. Ellis to Cincinnati, Ohio, “Paid 25” rate, some toning and splitting along the folds, fine and rare, ex-Esbach
incoming 1834 folded letter to Joshua Hathaway with "Galena Ills. Jun 4" postmark, manuscript "50" rate, carried to Fort Snelling where it was endorsed "Fort Snelling July 24 For'd" and an additional "50" rate (for a total of "1.00"), carried across then-Michigan Territory by military courier, small edge faults and vertical file fold, still a fine and magnificent cover with an unusual routing, a previous owner wrote "I showed it to Risvold and he was greatly impressed"
bold manuscript postmark with matching “Paid 25” on 1834 folded letter from A.G. Ellis to Cincinnati, Ohio, extremely fine marking and letter sent just a month before this post office closed
December 21, 1834 folded letter to Joshua Hathaway in Navarino, datelined "T15N, R20E" (survey plate coordinates), manuscript "2c" rate, staining at top left and other small faults, still fine and interesting, the drop letter rate was 1c so the rating on this cover has not been properly explained (perhaps the drop rate was charged per sheet and this letter originally contained a second sheet)
manuscript postmark on 1829 (previously reported as 1827) folded letter to Hillsboro, Illinois, endorsed "Free, J.H. Roundtree, PM", overall even toning, still fine and rare marking, by far the earliest recorded cover from Platteville (ASCC $300)
manuscript postmark on 1825 folded address sheet to Governor Lewis Cass in Detroit, franked "J.H. Lockwood, Postmaster, Free", extremely fine, sent just four months after this post office was established, a rare and important early Wisconsin cover, ex-Risvold