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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 folded letter to Philadelphia, portion of letter removed, very fine marking and cover, ex-Van Vlissingen
manuscript postmark on 1833 folded letter to Philadelphia, matching “25” rate, contains floor plan of Mission House (possibly part of fire insurance application), very fine and attractive
bold strike of black straight line town mark with manuscript date, matching “25” rate on cover to “His Excellency George B. Porter, Governor of Michigan, Detroit”, letter from noted fur trader John Lawe discussing his resignation as judge, file fold through postmark, still extremely fine strike, an important piece of early Wisconsin postal history, ex-Risvold
bold strike of black straight line town mark with red manuscript date, faded matching “25c” rate on 1834 letter sheet to Philadelphia, toned at right, letter removed, very fine strike of this rare early marking
black straight line town mark with manuscript date, faded matching “25” rate on 1834 folded letter to Philadelphia, right two-thirds of letter damaged although postmark is nearly unaffected, a serviceable example of this rare postmark, interesting contents regarding fire at mission, ex-Valentine
red manuscript postmark on folded letter to Chicago, matching “18¾” rate, datelined "Fort Howard, Green Bay, 19th Dec 1834”, very fine marking and letter, ex-Chase, Sampson, Shmaltzreidt, and Van Vlissingen
incoming folded letter from Levi Hathaway in Rome, New York, postmarked May 10 (probably 1835) and addressed to Joshua Hathaway in Cincinnati, forwarded to Green Bay (June 10 Cincinnati postmark), forwarded back to Cincinnati before once again being sent to Green Bay (July 27 Cincinnati postmark), manuscript "Returned again", light edge wear, otherwise fine and well-travelled, ex-Valentine
red manuscript postmark on ca. 1835 incoming folded letter, postmarked Utica, New York June 30, initially addressed to Cincinnati, Ohio where it arrived July 8 and received a black datestamp, forwarded to Green Bay where it was once again forwarded to Cincinnati, finally re-forwarded back to Green Bay where it was eventually delivered, very fine, a wonderful and well-traveled cover, ex-Valentine
manuscript postmark on 1835 folded letter to Milwaukee, erroneously rated “18¾” and corrected to “12½”, letter from Franklin Hathaway, splitting along the folds, very fine marking
incoming 1835 folded letter from Utica, New York, franked “Free. S. Beardsley” and with red “Utica N.Y. Sep29” double oval datestamp, manuscript postmark applied upon arrival in Green Bay and forwarded to Milwaukee, very fine, Beardsley was a member of the House of Representatives from New York and an ally of President Andrew Jackson
folded letter written October 14, 1835 in Savannah, Illinois and sent to Navarino, Wisconsin Territory at a rate of "18¾c", received at Green Bay where manuscript cancel was applied and forwarded to Milwaukee, additional “12½c" rate for a total of 31¼c, light toning along vertical filefold, very fine and rare, ex-Valentine
red manuscript postmark with matching "25" rate on 1835 folded letter to Canton, New York, family letter from John Bannister datelined Navarino, light wear, fine and rare, ex-Hale