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| Scott Number | 1 |
|---|---|
| Date | February 7, 1849 |
| From City | Charleston |
| From State | SC |
| To City | Sumterville |
| To State | SC |
| Addressee | F. J. &. M. Moses |
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| Quantity 1 | 1 |
| Quantity 2 | 0 |
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Lot 693 1847, 5¢ red brown (Scott 1), two covers: one Charleston to Sumterville S.C., stamp with 4 margins but small nick and tear at top, cover with small tear at bottom; second Boston to Monson Mass., stamp with three large margins, in at right with small corner crease.
Scott $950.
Estimate $250 – 350
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 676
Alexander listed as 2/7/49
Image from EBAY lot (billsbargainstamps)
Cover addressed to Franklin J. Moses (1804 – 1877) and Montgomery Moses (1808 – 1886). Israel Franklin Moses was a lawyer. In 1830 he set up a law firm in Sumterville with his younger brother Montgomery Moses. He switched his first and middle names to Franklin I Moses and later changed it to Franklin J Moses to avoid confusion with his middle initial. (He was also Jewish, married to a Christian woman and was an Episcopalian by faith so he may have been trying to suppress his Jewish background, esp. in the antebellum South.) Franklin served in the South Carolina Senate from 1841 through 1865 when he became a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions and, in 1868. Became chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Montgomery maintained the law practice while Franklin served in the Senate but later became a Circuit Court Judge when Franklin served on the bench.
Scott $950.
Estimate $250 – 350
Daniel F. Kelleher sale 676
Alexander listed as 2/7/49
Image from EBAY lot (billsbargainstamps)
Cover addressed to Franklin J. Moses (1804 – 1877) and Montgomery Moses (1808 – 1886). Israel Franklin Moses was a lawyer. In 1830 he set up a law firm in Sumterville with his younger brother Montgomery Moses. He switched his first and middle names to Franklin I Moses and later changed it to Franklin J Moses to avoid confusion with his middle initial. (He was also Jewish, married to a Christian woman and was an Episcopalian by faith so he may have been trying to suppress his Jewish background, esp. in the antebellum South.) Franklin served in the South Carolina Senate from 1841 through 1865 when he became a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions and, in 1868. Became chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. Montgomery maintained the law practice while Franklin served in the Senate but later became a Circuit Court Judge when Franklin served on the bench.
