| Territorial Usages of the U.S. 1851 Issue - Washington |
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Lot 1870 |
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Cowlitz W.T./ Sepr. 21st. 56, two line manuscript postmark on 1856 folded letter to Roxbury, Mass. with 10¢ green type II (14), ample margins, matching pen cancel, contents written "in a house of mourning" announce the death of a little boy; lettersheet with some scattered gum toning around stamp, Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 1999 P.F. Certificate.
Established on Apr. 29, 1854, the town was located a mile south of present Toledo at a landing on a branch of the Cowlitz River, and was more frequently referred to as "Cowlitz Landing."
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Lot 1871 |
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Cowlitz Landing W.T./ Nov. 9, bold manuscript postmark on fresh blue 1857 folded letter to Roxbury, Mass., 10¢ green type II (14), ample to large margins except clear at right, matching pen cancel, contents dated Oct. 25th at Cowlitz, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 2000 P.F. Certificate.
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Lot 1872 |
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Port Townsend WT/ Oct. 29th 1857, bold manuscript postmark ties cut in 10¢ green type II (14) on white envelope to Jacksonville, Ill. from a member of the North West Border Comm., manuscript "N.W.B. Commission/ Semiahmoo Bay W.T." in a neat hand at upper left, Fine and rare. Port Townsend was established on Sept. 28, 1852 in Oregon Territory.
Estimate 400 - 500
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Lot 1873 |
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Port Townsend W.T./ June 12th 1858, neat manuscript postmark in a distinctive magenta ink on light buff envelope to Quincy, Cal., 3¢ rose red (11), ample margins to barely in at top, tied by brown pen; flap removed, Fine and rare.
Estimate 300 - 400
Provenance: Chase
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Lot 1874 |
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Balance of the 1851 Issue Territorials, 26 covers and 3 fronts, nearly all #11s, Kansas includes Ft. Scott, Lawrence (2), Leavenworth City (5 including. two with #14), Marysville manuscript with pair on rebacked front, Quindara, Topeka and manuscript Wyanadotte City; Minnesota includes Hastings, Minneapolis, St. Anthony Falls (3), St. Paul (4 including. one #10 and red c.d.s.) and Red Wing; Nebraska includes two manuscript Omaha City and three of same with c.d.s., other covers including. 3¢ from St. Louis to Ft. Kearney with manuscript "For. 3", also #14 on front only from Westport Mo., 1857 to Diamond Springs, Cal.; very mixed condition, Very Good-Fine.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1875 |
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Speech of William H. Seward on the Kansas and Nebraska Bill, seven page text in support of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854, accompanied by original envelope with free frank of Seward as U.S. Senator, to Catskill, N.Y.; cover with toned spot at bottom, speech well preserved (pages uncut at top), Very Fine collateral.
Estimate 200 - 300
Provenance: Eggen
Intended as a way to ease tensions between northern and southern factions in Congress, the Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, divided the Unorganized Territory into the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowed settlers to decide for themselves whether to be slave or free. The result was The Border War.
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