Lot 1813
Cuming City N.T./ March 10, ca. 1857 manuscript postmark written along right edge of propaganda map envelope (Winter Design B) to Copenhagen, N.Y. with fancy corner card of land speculator William N. Byers, who later founded the Rocky Mountain News in Denver City, franked with 3¢ brownish carmine (11), four margins, pen cancelled, map with addition in pen showing location of Cuming City; minor edge wear, Very Fine and rare.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Winter
With the opening of Nebraska Territory came intense land speculation and promotion of settlement in the region. An offshoot of this promotion was a number of locally produced map envelopes- ephemeral but eye-catching, and intended to be seen by friends and family back home. Their most distinctive feature was the location of four different railroads entering the territory, none of which existed, except in the minds of businessmen like William Byers.
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| Realized $1,100 |
