Lot
696 
[Treasury] Samuel Osgood, Commissioner of the Board of the Treasury 1785-89. Free frank "Samuel Osgood" signature on folded cover endorsed "Board of Treasury" and addressed to Thomas Smith, Commissioner of the Continental Loan Office, State of Pennsylvania, "N York * Dec 21." straightline postmark with matching "Free" handstamp; some restoration, no right flap, F.-V.F. appearance, ex-Gimelson, Richard Graham Collection. Estimate $200 - 300.
Commissioner of the Board of the Treasury was a three person board 1785 to 1789 under the Continental Congress. Samuel Osgood was from Massachusetts, a member of Massachusetts Provincial Congress and captain of a Minute Man company. He was a Delegate to the Continental Congress 1780-84. In 1785, he was appointed the First Commissioner of the newly created Board of the Treasury and became Washington's first Postmaster General in 1789 under the Federal Government. He resigned in 1790, when the Government moved to Philadelphia. His last Federal post with the franking privilege was that of Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the District of New York, which he held 1801-1803. He died in 1813.
Realized: $260