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
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2885
"Edina (Liberia), July 2nd 1842". Dateline on folded letter from Abraham C. Miller to U.S. Mission Room in New York, contents incl. "I hear that Mr. Canfield in dead" and asks for books for his new school, blue "Philadelphia Pa. Oct. 10" circular datestamp and matching "Ship" handstamp, manuscript "14-1/2" rate, Very Fine, scarce use, according to Wikipedia, Edina is in Grand Bassa County and was founded as a colony by the American Colonization Society in 1832, ex Fosdyke Ray
E. 200-300
180