Sale 1037 — United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers
Sale Date — Monday-Friday, 10-14 December, 2012
Category — Slavery and the Civil War, Slave Related, Liberia, Anti Slavery
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2874
Anti-Slavery. Folded 1845 3pp letter from Ohio state representative I. Spears regarding American Colonization Society, contents incl. "I hope...to see the day when our [the Society's] Atlantic cities and towns will be thronged, their wharves crowded, and vessels freighted with the poor unfortunate sons of Africa, returning to the land of their fathers...", red "Columbus Ohio Feb. 24" circular datestamp with matching "Paid" handstamp and manuscript "25" rate to Chimney Point Vt., sender's endorsement above rate, some minor soiling, Very Fine, the Society was founded in 1816 to promote the return of freed slaves to Africa and was instrumental in founding Liberia
E. 200-300
275