Lot 1836
Ft. Union N.M. Augst. 3d/ 52, manuscript postmark and "5" on forwarded 1852 folded letter from Anapolis Md. on May 24th to a Dr. Thomas A. McParlin of the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Union, "Via Independence Missouri", 3¢ brownish carmine (11), margins to touched, attached with wax wafer and tied by black grids, redirected back to Annapolis with postmark and unpaid "5" rate though an additional manuscript "ford 5" was added in another hand, presumably to clarify the postage due after the fort postmark and 5 was deleted upon receipt; stamp with some toning at edges, Fine and very scarce.
Estimate 400 - 500
In writing to Dr. McParlin, his brother William makes this comment about his letters: "They will in future years be of great inerest to us…or to give our children (if we should be so blessed) a correct idea of our progressive stages of life, as well as of composition; and serve us as land marks of our previous lives. So keep mine, as we do all yours. Of your letters I believe we have a complete set from the time you started from Baltimore to Vera Cruz. I hardly think we have lost more than one of them. This is saying a great deal for the Postal arrangements of the United States."
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| Realized $475 |
