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Public Auction #433

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended August 18, 2017 at 7:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated August 18, 2017 at 7:36pm (New York time)

COVERS — United States Stampless
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
650CVUS folded letter cancelled August 12, 1837 from Fort Winnebago, Territory, (now an historical site in Wisconsin) to Lincoln City, Kentucky, 25 cent manuscript. Written by C.C. Daviess to his mother in Kentucky. Posted at the Fort in what was to be a land buying trip in what is now Missouri. His wife adds some information at the end. Great historical letter, with a premium early Fort cancel typifying the transition of this area from Revolutionary support for the British toward a Western expansion and Manifest destiny. Interesting reading.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $160.00
651CVBlack circle Chicago July 3, 1858 stampless folded cover to Canada West. U. States half moon and “20” auxiliary handstamps at the center. Windsor transit on the reverse, few wrinkles, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $30.00
652CVRed Andover MS, April 17 circle and red St Anstead LC transit franked on a stampless cover to Montreal Lower Canada. Manuscript “18” at upper right. Manuscript “1837” Apr, 15 on the reverse. Vertical fold at right, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $26.00
653CVRed Fitchburgh Mass, May 10 cirle and red St Anstead LC transit franked on a stampless cover to Montreal Lower Canada. Red “PAID” hand stamp at upper right. Vertical fold at center, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $26.00
654CVBlue double circle Chicago Jul 28, 1865 franked on a stampless cover to Port Hope Canada. Blue U.States/10 exchange marking at upper right. Small Port Hope receiving cancel on the reverse. Cover has been reduced at left and a some bad faults, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $26.00
655CVGreen West Woodstock Ct. cds, PAID, “10” curved UD,STATES6d at upper right franked on a stampless cover to Delaware Canada West. London CW and Delaware UC cancels on the reverse. Cover has a small tear at top left, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $26.00
656CVInbound stampless N. York BR. PKT, PAID 24 per Arabia to Kingston, Mass. Lombard Street PAID and “5” over Cents at upper right on a folded letter dated 23 Dec 1854, F-VF.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $26.00