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101 
Mandarin/May 5th. Manuscript postmark (type II) and "37½" double rate on 1834 folded letter sheet to Tallahassee, Very Fine, the only postmark of this type recorded and the listing example in both ASCC & FPHS, ex Ferrell. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $600
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102
Mannington, FL/July 19th. Manuscript postmark (type II) and "25" rate on 1842 folded letter to New Market, Tenn.; some tiny edge tears and light aging, still Very Fine, one of only two manuscript postmarks in private hands. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $425
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103
Marianna, Fla./May 31st. Manuscript postmark (type I) and "10" rate on 1829 folded letter to Governor Duval in Tallahassee, enclosure a letter of invitation by the citzens of Marianna to Duval…to partake of a dinner at the Jackson Hotel on the ensuing anniversary of American Independence; some contemporary ink eroison on front, F.-V.F., the listing example in FSPH, ex McNeal. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $240
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104
Marianna, Fl.T. Full clear strikes of cds on two terriotirial period folded letters; in red on folded letter to St. Augustine with "18¾" rate, and 1842 in black with matching "Free" handstamp (type Va) to Florida Senator David Livi (Levy) in Washington D.C. regarding Indian attacks and request for immediate assistance…yesterday morning a party of indians came to the house of a Mr. Turkings on Henry Hill and murdered him with all his family with the exception of one child, Very Fine, red postmark is ex-Meroni. Estimate $300 - 400.
Senator David Levy, due to antisemitism, eventually change his last name to Yulee.
Realized: $600
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105
Mayport Mills, Fla./Jan. 18. Red cds with manuscript date (type I) on 1852 folded letter to St. Augustine, E.F., matching straight line "Paid" and manuscript "3" rate; file folds affecting postmarks, otherwise Very Fine, one of five postmarks recorded, this is only known with the "Paid" handstamp. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $425
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106
McNeills, Fla. May 5. Manuscript postmark (type I, McNeils misspelled) and "12½" rate on 1831 election returns to Tallahassee, with enclosed document signed by the succeeding postmaster Reuben Manning (when the town was renamed Mannington in 1833), Very Fine, the unique postmark from McNeil's, ex Ferrell. Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $1,150
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107
Micosukie, Fa/16 August. Manuscript postmark (type V) with "18¾" rate on 1836 folded letter to Sparta, Ga.; some cover aging and edge wear, F.-V.F., one of five territorial postmarks in private hands and the only recorded of this type, ex Ferrell. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $425
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108
Miccosukie, Fla./Dec 7th, 1847. Manuscript postmark and "Paid 5" rate on folded letter to Monticello, Florida, some toning along folds, otherwise Very Fine, the earliest of three known statehood usages from Miccosukie. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $350
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109
Miconopy, Flo./May 16. Manuscript postmark (type I, Micanopy misspelled) and "37½" double rate on 1834 folded letter sheet to Tallahassee; some cover edge wear and toning at right, otherwise Very Fine, the earliest of known postmark from Miconopy, unrecorded in FSPH. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $375
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110
Middleburg, FLO./Dec. 11. Cds and matching "Paid 3" in circle handstamp (type IA) on 1854 folded letter to Tallahassee, Fla., enclosure a signed petition…Citizens of Duval Co., having considered the propriety of an Office for the purpose of fumigating vessels outward bound; slight cover aging, Very Fine, signed E.N. Sampson. Estimate $150 - 200.
Middleburg, located on a tributary of the St. Johns River in Duval County, was an important stop and exchange point on mail routes at the time. In 1853 and 1854, there when empidemics of scarlet fever and small pox. The founding of the Duval County Medical Society in 1853, in the midst of widespread concern over recurring epidemics, marked in beginning of organized medicine in Florida.
Realized: $375