| Territorial Usages of the U.S. 1851 Issue - Arkansas |
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Lot 1732 |
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Choctaw Agency/ Miss. Nov. 18, manuscript postmark on ca. 1851 folded cover to Demopolis, Ala. with 3¢ orange brown (10), position 91R2e, corner margin copy with large to huge margins, matching pen strokes; cover with some natural bleach spots and missing right flap, stamp with tiny tear in sheet margin at bottom, still Very Fine, showy and very scarce.
Estimate 400 - 500
Provenance: Chase (with his notes), Winter
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Lot 1733 |
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Creek Agency Ark/ July 26, 1852, bold manuscript postmark in blue on cover to Cazenovia, N.Y. with 3¢ brownish carmine (11), large margins, superb impression and rich color, tied by matching pen strokes, Very Fine and choice.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Jarrett
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Lot 1734 |
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Creek Agency/ Nov. 18, manuscript postmark on 1851 folded cover to New York with 3¢ orange brown (10), margins to slightly in, rich color, matching pen cancel, "tied" by vertical file crease ending in small tear, fresh and Fine appearance and rare.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1735 |
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Doaksville Ark. May 27, clear c.d.s. ties 3¢ dull red (11), large margins to slightly in, on undated folded cover to Col. Peter Pitchlynn in Washington, manuscript "Paid 3" written beneath stamp, Very Fine usage.
Estimate 200 - 300
Pitchlynn, the son of a white father and Choctaw mother, became a chief of the Choctaw tribe. An influential figure in Indian affairs, this cover may have been mailed to him while he was in Washington to negotiate and sign the Treaty of Washington in 1854.
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Lot 1736 |
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Doaksville/ Jan. 11th, manuscript postmark ties 3¢ orange red (11), large margins to bit in, on buff envelope to Princeton, N.J., original 1856 enclosure headed "Spencer Academy C.N."; some edge wear, Fine and scarce.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1737 |
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Fort Washita/ Feb. 23- 57, bold manuscript postmark in 2 lines, on cover to Col. Peter Pitchlynn in Washington with four margin 3¢ dull red (11) cancelled by matching "X" in pen; cover with small stain, still Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 1738 |
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Fort Washita/ Feb. 23- 57, manuscript postmark on white folded letter sheet to Col. Peer Pitchlynn in Washington, 3¢ dull red (11), large margins to slightly in, with heavy manuscript "X" which shows thru to the reverse and effectively ties it, Very Fine and scarce.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Seacrest
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Lot 1739 |
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Tahlequah Ark. Dec. 24, clear c.d.s. ties 3¢ orange brown (10), large margins to slightly in, on ca. 1851 embossed lady's envelope to Fitchburg, Mass.; scattered toned spots not affecting stamp, Fine and scarce.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Seacrest
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