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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Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
2887
"Monrovia (Liberia) April 16th 1845". Dateline on folded letter from Gov. Joseph Roberts to Benjamin Coates in Philadelphia, contents incl. discussion of different crops under cultivation, red "New-York Jun. 5" circular datestamp and matching "Ship" handstamp, blue manuscript "27" rate, endorsed "Madonna" at lower left, some wear, Very Fine, the sender would become the first President of Liberia after independence in 1848 and would serve in that post again almost two decades later, ex Fosdyke Ray
E. 300-400
425