U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
March 24-25, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1140 MEXICO 1846-48 mail delivery during the Mexican-American War, exhibit containing 50+ letters, neatly written-up on pages, arranged in several sections. The first includes mail from troops in the north (General Zachary Taylor's command). It flowed through Point Isabel and Brazos, staging areas at the mouth of the Rio Grande. Manuscript and handstamps were employed, sometimes together. The second section deals with mail from the forces of Gen. Winfield Scott, who marched on the capital of Mexico though the port of Veracruz. Postal agents there, used distinctive handstamps, some of which were similar to the then current Mexican postmarks. There are also letters from the correspondence of a North Carolina officer whose company did garrison duty at Gen. Taylor's camp near Saltillo. The collection contains examples of field office postmarks and various mail routings used during the invasion and temporary occupation of Mexican territory. Dale's original research demonstrates that handstamps used in the field appear  | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
