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THE OLD SOUTH POSTAL HISTORY
12250
- RICHMOND, VA, 1849, CHOLERA IN MEMPHIS REPORTED, Folded
letter sheet postmarked in red RICHMOND, VA/JAN. 26. 3
page letter with notations by three family members of the Bragg Family
to Judith Hunt of Memphis, TN, detailing reports of Cholera in
Memphis. He hopes she was spared, not much in the Richmond area, just
some isolated cases, will put the lock of hair of their deceased
brother in a pin, more family news. Fine...........$45.00 12251
- ADDRESSED TO A FUTURE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, 2 items, [a]
cover, postmarked MACON, GA, Sept. 1st, addressed to Benjamin Conley a
later Reconstruction of GA, green CDS, [2] Folded letter sheet, blue
CDS MONTGOMERY, AL, stamped 10 in blue, addressed to Ben. Conley in
Augusta, GA, mentioning the death of a brother. Very fine, 2 items,
antebellum postal
history.................................................$65.00 12252
- ADVERTISING COVER, ATLANTA, GA, Imprinted business envelope
stamped, stamped received February 1874, addressed to NY City, MAD
WILDA LADIES HAIR ESTABLISHMENT, WHITEHALL ST. ATLANTA, GREEN
3 cent Jefferson stamp, attractive Southern postal
cover............................................$35.00 12253
- NEW ORLEANS 1846, SHIPPING COTTON, June 11th, 1846, folded
letter sheet, postmarked in dark blue NEW ORLEANS, JUN 11,
large 10 stamped, addressed to New York, letter stating that day was
shipped on the packet ship VICKSBURG 33 bales of cotton
was shipped valued at $35 per bale from an Arkansas account, blue
paper nice fresh
example....................................................$45.00 12254
- THE STEAMBOAT COURTLAND, Letter sheet, dated at New Orleans
February 20th, 1832 stating that 32 bales were sold that were received
on the Steamboat Courtland, hand-lined accounting of the individual
bales sales less the cost of shipping, drayage, etc. Faint New Orleans
red cancellation. Addressed to Livingston, MS. The Courtland was loss
at New Orleans [sunk] in 1833, interesting accounting of an early
cotton shipment and
sale.................................................................$45.00 12255
- CARRIED BY THE STEAMBOAT SALLY ROBINSON, 3 Cent red embossed
stamp pen cancelled, addressed to New Orleans, noted in manuscript
that it was carried on the Steamboat "Sallie Robinson," nice
Mississippi steamboat cover.................................$75.00 12256
- CARRIED BY THE STEAMBOAT AMAZON, Red 3 Cent embossed stamp,
addressed to New Orleans, LA. Noted "for freight, Stm.
Amazon", Very fine....................$65.00  12257
- CARRIED BY THE STEAMBOAT ST. NICHOLAS, 3 Cent red embossed 3
Cent stamp, addressed to Bayou Rapides, Alexandria, LA, nice Packet
Stamp of the Steamboat St. Nicholas in blue, bottom right corner some
restoration, light stain, does not affect any manuscript, scarce
Packet stamp............................................$125.00
12257A
- 1825 NEW ORLEANS TO ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA, Folded letter
sheet, 10 Cent manuscript postage, large black NEW ORLEANS AUG
30 CDS, addressed to a merchant in St. Francisville, LA on the
Mississippi River, letter regarding shipping by the Thursday steamboat
Packet sugar and mackerel, shipped by boat in the early days of
steamboats on the lower Mississippi River. Very
fine....................................................$49.00 12557B
- THE STEAMBOAT A. L. SHOTWELL, Folded letter sheet, March
1857, letter from New Orleans with a March 19th LOUISVILLE, KY.
MAR 19 blue-green cancellation addressed to Louisville, KY, ST......AT,
[STEAMBOAT] blue-green stamp, letter regarding financial matters. The "Shotwell"
sunk near Memphis on March 24th, 1857 near Memphis. This letter
was sent on her last trip north to Louisville the previous week.
Some stains in interior, nice front cover showing, scarcer Steamboat
stamping.............................$65.00 12557C
- EARLY POSTMARKED CINCINNATI LETTER TO NEW ORLEANS, May 1st,
1828, CINCINNATI MAY 1 CDS, letter sheet folded and
addressed to the Mayor of New Orleans Joseph Roffignau concerning a
known criminal who will be on trial in New Orleans, 20 Cents
manuscript postage noted. Very
good...........................................$45.00
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