“Socorro NM June 3” (1859)--Socorro to Albuquerque by Military Express, then by Stage to Santa Fe, and by Hall-Porter Contract Mail to Independence, Missouri. Pen cancel on 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26), corner crease, on cover addressed in the hand of Harriet L. Shaw--the wife of Rev. John Milton Shaw, a Baptist schoolteacher who served as military chaplain at Fort Defiance from 1853 to 1856--to Miss Cornelia A. Bidwell, Wolcott, N.Y., pencil receipt docketing with 1859 yeardate, John Birkinbine states that this was picked up by a military express rider en route from Fort Craig to Albuquerque, then by stage to Santa Fe and further on to Independence, slightly reduced at right and edge tears, otherwise Fine, after Shaw resigned as chaplain at Fort Defiance, the family moved to Socorro in 1857, this is an extremely rare early Socorro postmark (Vincente St. Vrain was postmaster from Nov. 2, 1855, to Nov. 8, 1860)--ex Everett and Shipley

Image Magnifier / Download

Power Search for Comparables