Sale 1291 — United States Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 25-26 July, 2023

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Category — Florida in the Civil War: Towns and Handstamped Paid

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Sale 1291, Lot 455, Florida in the Civil War: Towns and Handstamped Paid"Houston Fla. July 4/61". Manuscript postmark with "Paid 5" on light pink cover to Vice President Alexander Stephens in Augusta Ga., charge box notation and postmaster instructions at left, docketing on back indicates this was a "friendly letter", missing backflap as usual for Stephens covers, Very Fine and scarce Houston Fla. origination, there was no regular postal route servicing Houston, but it was a station on the Florida Atlantic & Gulf Central Railroad, it went via that route to Jacksonville and by steamboat to Savannah for distribution to Augusta, ex Dr. Briggs and illustrated in his book on p. 96

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