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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | March 1, 1851 |
| From City | Santa Fe |
| From State | NM |
| To City | Mt. Vernon |
| To State | NH |
| Addressee | Miss Sarah Trevett |
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| Quantity 1 | 2 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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5c Brown (1). Single with margins to barely touching at left, attractive color and fine impression, canceled by ms. squiggles and tied by "10" hs on cover to New Hampshire with matching bold "Sante Fe New Mexico Mar. 1" (1851) additional "PAID" hs and a second "10" repeated at center, wax seal stain in address panel, the only recorded cover with the 1847 Issue used from New Mexico Territory, originally a horizontal pair - the right stamp cut away when the envelope was opened (irregularly) at right - this paid the proper 10c rate for a distance over 300 miles. The 1851 year date is confirmed by the style of cds, listed as Type I in Sheldon Dike's New Mexico Territorial Postmark Catalog, and used between January and June 1851. Dr. Carroll Chase described this cover in a letter to Brookman, quoted in Brookman's The United States Postage Stamps of the 19th Century, Vol. 1, page 26. Accompanying this rarity is a 1851 Santa Fe stampless cover postmarked the same day, and with a identical "10" handstamp
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 767, Lot 26 realized $2000
Santa Fe, New Mexico (1850), perfectly struck Mar 1 datestamp and matching "10" rate handstamp on cover to Mount Vernon, N.H. with 5c Brown (#1) with manuscript stroke cancels and tied by second strike of "10" rate handstamp, cover reduced at right removing the right stamp in what was a horizontal pair, fine usage. New Mexico did not receive a supply of 1847 issue stamps from the Post Office Department, this is the only known usage of any 1847 issue stamp from New Mexico Territory.The Santa Fe Post Office was established 1 October, 1849, while still under military government. It was over a year before the Territory of New Mexico was established on 13 December, 1850.The cover is addressed in the hand of Major Oliver Lathrop Shepherd, who was stationed at Fort Marcy in Santa Fe in 1850-51. He graduated from West Point in 1833 and rose to the rank of Captain and then Major for meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras, Churubusco and Chapultepec in the Mexican War, and later to Brigadier General in the Civil War.
Shreves sale 121 lot 1104
Alexander listed as 3/1/51
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1189 lot 1007 realized 11,500
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. sale 767, Lot 26 realized $2000
Santa Fe, New Mexico (1850), perfectly struck Mar 1 datestamp and matching "10" rate handstamp on cover to Mount Vernon, N.H. with 5c Brown (#1) with manuscript stroke cancels and tied by second strike of "10" rate handstamp, cover reduced at right removing the right stamp in what was a horizontal pair, fine usage. New Mexico did not receive a supply of 1847 issue stamps from the Post Office Department, this is the only known usage of any 1847 issue stamp from New Mexico Territory.The Santa Fe Post Office was established 1 October, 1849, while still under military government. It was over a year before the Territory of New Mexico was established on 13 December, 1850.The cover is addressed in the hand of Major Oliver Lathrop Shepherd, who was stationed at Fort Marcy in Santa Fe in 1850-51. He graduated from West Point in 1833 and rose to the rank of Captain and then Major for meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras, Churubusco and Chapultepec in the Mexican War, and later to Brigadier General in the Civil War.
Shreves sale 121 lot 1104
Alexander listed as 3/1/51
Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries sale 1189 lot 1007 realized 11,500
