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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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red straight line town mark with manuscript date, matching “$1.00” rate on 1836 folded letter to Versailles, Kentucky, letter from James Duane Doty discussing territorial legislature at Belmont (Madison would not become the capitol until the following month), datelined “Astor, Green Bay”, quadruple-rate cover because of enclosed certificate mentioned in the letter, very fine with historically-interesting contents, despite there never being an Astor post office in Wisconsin Doty was an agent for John Jacob Astor and attempted to name a town for him, ex-Hustis and Van Vlissingen
red straightlne postmark with manuscript date and matching "25" rate on 1836 folded letter to Joshua Hathaway in Milwaukee, letter from J.W. Cotton wanting to sell land at "City of the 2nd Lake", very fine and choice, ex-Kann and Valentine
red straightline postmark with illegible manuscript date, matching "12½" rate, on folded letter to Joshua Hathaway in Milwaukee, letter datelined December 25, 1836, written by J.W. Cotton, extremely fine and choice, ex-Valentine
red straight line town mark with manuscript date, matching “Free” frank on 1836 folded letter to Washington, DC, letter from James D. Doty to Congressional Delegate George W. Jones discusses selling a stake in the town of Madison ($100 for 1/24th interest), Doty lost to Jones in the election of 1835 and later turned to land speculation, very fine letter with great historical interest
red straightline postmark with manuscript date (1837) on large folded letter originating in London, England in September 1836, addressed to "Green Bay, Mich. Terr" (news had not reached London about the establishment of Wisconsin Territory), carried privately to New York City where it entered the mails, forwarded to Peoria, Illinois upon arrival in Green Bay, manuscript "$1.50" rate, despite the size this is actually one large sheet and was twice marked "Single Sheet" (despite weighing nearly two ounces),fine, rare and spectacular use
red straight line postmark with manuscript date on 1837 folded letter, matching “25” manuscript rate, letter datelined “Deansburg” (now Brothertown), interesting contents about daily life, fine, ex-Van Vlissingen
dateline on folded letter to Peoria, Illinois, indistinct red Illinois postmark (carried privately) manuscript "18¾" rate, fine, letter contains news of Fort Howard, Fort Crawford, and Fort Snelling (Green Bay, Waukegan, and Minneapolis-St. Paul)
red circular datestamp on 1837 folded letter to Boston, manuscript “25” rate, fine, most likely the earliest recorded use of this datestamp as the red straight line is also known to be used on the same date, ex-Van Vlissingen
incoming 1837 folded lettersheet postmarked “Washington City D.C. Sep 4”, endorsed “Treasury Department, Free” with additional red “Free” handstamp, addressed to Governor Henry Dodge, postmarked Green Bay upon arrival and forwarded to Mineral Point, very fine and attractive, ex-Van Vlissingen
red circular datestamp on 1838 folded lettersheet to Joshua Hathaway in Milwaukee, manuscript "12½" rate, letter from Charles C. P. Arndt (who was infamously killed on the floor of the Wisconsin legislature by James Russell Vineyard), very fine
red circular datestamp on 1838 folded letter to Joshua Hathaway Jr. in Milwaukee, manuscript “12½” rate, letter from Henry S. Baird about sale or rental of a farm, fine, ex-Valentine
black circular datestamp on 1838 folded letter to Secretary of War Joel R. Poinsett in Washington, DC, matching straight line “Free” and franked “H. Hubbard, U.S.S.” (Henry Hubbard was a Senator from New Hampshire), very fine and attractive, ex-Van Vlissingen