Lot
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[Texas] Galveston, Texas. Red oval postmark with matching straight line "Ship" on 1843 folded cover from "Newark, N.J." (red cds) to Matagorda, Tx., cover send to Forwarder, Samuel Ricker in New Orleans who forwarded the cover to Galveston, cover rated "25" for postage to New Orleans with an additional 12½ added for transmission to Texas, cover aging & some edge splits, Fine, a nice Republic of Texas cover. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $325