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
2889
"Monrovia Liberia Feb. 6th 1854". Dateline on folded letter written by Armistead Miller to New York, short contents discuss death of sender's father back home and financial arrangements, "New-York Am. Pkt. Mar. 24" circular datestamp and "45" rate, Very Fine, the sender would later become one of the first graduates of the Ashmun Institute (later Lincoln University, alma mater of Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes and Cab Calloway), the institution was originally formed to provide leadership for the colony of Liberia, ex Fosdyke Ray
E. 200-300
325