Sale 1230 — U.S. and Hawaii Stamps and Postal History
Sale Date — Tuesday-Friday, 15-18 December, 2020
Category — The Sandford N. Arnold Collection of Early Texas Postal History
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1095
"Centre Hill Sept. 1" (1841). Manuscript town marking with "Free D. Ayres P.M." postmaster's free frank on folded letter to New Albany Ind., blue "New Orleans La. Sep. 26" circular datestamp with matching "SHIP" handstamp, blue manuscript "27" rate, contents mention "Drunken Sam Houston is sure to be our next president", some splitting along folds, Fine, scarce Austin County small office use during the Republic period, the free frank applied only to Texas postage
E. 200-300
350