The Magnolia Collection: Texas Postal History, Part 1

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Sale 1372 — Index to Descriptions and Photos

Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 5:30 P.M.

• • Spanish Colonial Period (Late 1700s to 1821)
  Bahia to Bexar Lot 2001–2006
• • Mexican Administration (1821-1835)
  Bahia to Nacogdoches Lot 2007–2012
• • Provisional Government of Texas (November 1835-March 1, 1836)
  Chronological 1830-1835 (including early settler correspondence) Lot 2013–2020
• • Republic of Texas (March 2, 1836, to December 28, 1845)
  Eyewitness accounts of major battles in War of Independence Lot 2021–2022
• Historical figures of the founding of Texas Lot 2023–2034
• Republic of Texas obsolete banknotes Lot 2035–2036
• Inbound mail to the Republic of Texas Lot 2037–2050
• Texian mail agents—inbound mail Lot 2051–2083
• Texian mail agents—outbound mail Lot 2084–2088
• Foreign mail to and from the Republic of Texas Lot 2089–2099
• Internal mail within the Republic of Texas Lot 2100–2102
• • Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
  Historical letters and postal markings Lot 2103–2116
• • Statehood Period (December 29, 1845, to March 4, 1861)
  1847 to Bank Note Issues and foreign mail Lot 2117–2126
• Inbound and overland mail routes Lot 2127–2139
• • Texas in the Civil War
  The road to secession and Confederate statehood Lot 2140–2159
• Texas Confederate postmasters' provisional issues Lot 2160–2194
• Confederate general issues and special routes Lot 2195–2213