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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 with matching "25" rate on 1844 folded letter to Charleston, South Carolina, datelined "Prairie La Port" (Iowa Territory) and mailed across the river at Cassville, interesting letter from J.B. Cornish describing mining prospects and homes in the area, splitting along the folds, still fine and rare marking, ex-Valentine
manuscript postmark with matching "25" rate on folded lettersheet to "Peter Wagner Esq., Third Auditor of the Treasury" in Washington, DC, blue docketing at left (same ink used to cancel rate), extremely fine, although Madison is known as the "City of the Four Lakes" there was once a nearby post office which served as a rival in the selection of the state capital, the City of the Four Lakes post office operated intermittently from 1837-41 to service the "paper town" of the same name, this is the only recorded cover from this office and one of the great rarities of Wisconsin postal history, for further discussion see Badger Postal History May 1998, ex-Mueller, 2003 APEX certificate
crisp strike of circular datestamp on 1838 folded letter to St. Louis, Missouri, manuscript “18¾” rate, datelined “Larson’s Landing, Iowa Ty”, lengthy letter with interesting content about travels in the area, edge stain at right away from postmark and some separations along the folds, very fine strike, ex-Valentine
manuscript postmark on 1841 folded letter to Vernon, New York, matching "Paid 50" rate, very fine
manuscript postmark on incoming 1841 folded letter from Northville, New York, originally addressed to Duck Creek, Wisconsin, then forwarded to Platteville where perfect strike of red "Plateville Wisc. Sep 6" datestamp was applied, then forwarded once again to Green Bay where it was finally delivered, very fine and attractive, a well-travelled cover
manuscript postmark on 1843 folded letter to New Orleans, Louisiana, matching "25" rate, long and interesting letter about the hardships of life in territorial Wisconsin, minor stains, fine
manuscript postmark on 1845 folded letter to Joshua Hathaway in Milwaukee, matching "Free Solomon Davis, P.M." frank, very fine and scarce
black straightline handstamp with manuscript date and "10" rate on 1846 folded letter to Cortland Village, New York, vertical crease and unfolded for display, fine strike, very rare with just a few examples of this postmark recorded
manuscript postmark on folded letter to Dubuque, Iowa Territory, matching "10" rate, usual vertical file folds, very fine and rare, English Prairie was only in operation from 1838-41, ex-Risvold (ASCC $100)
manuscript postmark on 1843 folded letter to Quincy, Illinois, matching "18¾" rate, very fine and rare
manuscript postmark on 1840 folded letter to Grand River, Michigan, matching "25" rate, light toning, otherwise very fine, the earliest recorded postmark from Falls St. Croix (now St. Croix Falls), ex-Risvold
manuscript postmark on 1842 folded lettersheet to St. Peter, matching “10” rate, splitting along the folds, very fine marking, Falls of St. Croix was established in 1840 and had its name changed to Saint Croix Falls in 1867, ex-Risvold