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
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Cat./Est. Value
Realized
1098
"Galveston July 17th 1843". Dateline on folded letter to Auburn N.Y., carried outside of the mails to New Orleans where blue "New Orleans Jul. 21" circular datestamp and matching "PAID" applied, manuscript "27" due (25c postage plus 2c ship fee), a fascinating letter from John P. Borden touches on several subjects including Santa Anna promotion, a naval battle, expected arrival of prisoners from San Antonio for questioning, briefly mentions Mier expedition and wonders what Santa Anna's disposition of the prisoners will be, other interesting such as summary of a recent trip to Washington Tex., Very Fine cover with historical letter content
E. 200-300
400
