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Sale 55: United States Postal History

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American Indian Related Postal History

Lot 35    

[Indians] 1831-1856 Indian Agencies, group of 6 covers with most addressed to Indian Agencies comprising 1831 Quartermaster Generals Office folded letter to Camp on Black Creek, Choctaw Agency in Miss.; 1850 docketed cover from Col. Lea as Indian Agent for the Delawares in regards to surveying the Wyandotte land purchased from the Delawares to Sub-Agent for Indian Affairs in Kansas Mo.; 1826-31 letter from William Lee Treasury Dept. to John F. Hamtranick who served as Osage Indian Agent, sent in care of Wm. Clark in St. Louis; 1839 Springfield Ill. from W.L.D. Ewing, later Ill. Gov., addressed to Gen. John M. Street "at the New Agency on the Des Moines River, Iowa Terr."; 1837 St. Louis quartermaster general office use to Capt. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Supt. Dis: District Agent In. Dept, St. Louis Mo.; and 1856 legal size cover bearing #11A pair tied by St. Louis Mo. cds addressed to Sac. & Fox. Agency, Kansas Terr. with manuscript "Sioux City Apl 1/56, Missent & Ford." postmark and "Ford 6" rating, faulty; F.-V.F.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $230

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