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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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manuscript postmark on 1828 folded letter to St. Louis, Missouri, matching "25" rate, written by Joseph Rolette to Pierre Chouteau of the American Fur Company, splitting along the folds, very fine marking, an interesting letter between two of the most prominent early fur traders
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red manuscript postmark with matching "25" rate on folded letter to St. Louis, Missouri, some internal separations and vertical file fold through postmark, very fine and rare, ex-Risvold
dateline on folded letter to Alexander J. Irwin at "Fort Winnebago, Ouisconsin Portage", from Irwin's wife Frances, carried privately outside of the mail, very fine and scarce Rapides became De Pere, ex-Van Vlissingen
dateline on folded letter to Lyon, France, paid 25c to New York and carried by French packet, Le Havre transit and Lyon backstamp, interesting letter in French from Father Francis Badin regarding working with the "savages" of the Menomonee Tribe in Wisconsin Territory, very fine and rare, ex-Schaefer
manuscript postmark on 1844 folded letter to East Chatham, New York, matching "Way 26" rate, lengthy interesting contents, very fine and scarce
manuscript postmark with matching "Free" on 1837 folded letter to George W. Jones in Washington, DC, very fine and rare, Bloomington's post office only operated from 1837-38 and just a few covers are recorded
manuscript postmark with matching "25" rate on 1843 folded letter to Dubuque, Iowa Territory, datelined "T21N R16E", letter describes surveying difficulties in the area, bit of ink staining, otherwise very fine and rare, the earliest recorded cover from Bridgeport, this office was only open from 1839-52
manuscript marking on folded letter to Milwaukee, faint red Fort Winnebago datestamp, franked "Free Geo. Stevens P.M. Almond N.Y.", fine, Bull Falls never had a post office so this cover was carried privately to Fort Winnebago where it entered the mails
circular datestamp on 1838 folded letter to Washington, DC, addressed to Representative George W. Jones and endorsed "Free", interesting contents written by George Cubbage, very fine territorial cover
manuscript postmark on small 1855 folded letter to Tübingen, Germany, matching "Paid 45" rate, black "N.York Br. Pkt. 23 Jan 1" credit datestamp, German backstamps, light toning, still fine and rare, the only recorded manuscript postmark from Burr Oak
manuscript postmark with matching "5" rate on 1846 folded letter to Joshua Hathaway in Milwaukee, fine and scarce, ex-Van Vlissingen
manuscript postmark with matching "Paid 5" on immaculate 1846 folded letter to Joshua Hathaway in Milwaukee, contents include request to purchase land in Calumet, extremely fine and choice, ex-Valentine