Lot
1099 
(Louisiana) N Orleans * May 6 (Orleans Territory - Pre-Territorial Period), straightline postmark and manuscript "25" rating on 1804 folded cover to Elizabeth Town N.J., docketed "From Wm. Gordon Forman Esqr. who is Speaker or President of one of the Branches of the Legislature for the Mississippi territory" and "May 6 1804", "Oliver H. Spencer recommendation for surgeon in the army"; the postmark has been partly retraced in the same ink as the rating, Fine and rare. ASCC $2,000 Estimate $300 - 400.
This is the earliest date listed for this marking in the A.S.C.C.
Realized: $300