U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 13-14, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #69
United States 1851-57 Issue
1851 Alpheus Felch (senator from Michigan) cover with "Via Nicaragua / Ahead of the Mails.", two-line handstamp in red, with horizontal pair of 3c dull red tied on arrival in New York, interesting attempted free frank (Felch served in Congress from 1847 to 1853 and was appointed by President Franklin Pierce to the land claims commission for California to settle Spanish and Mexican land claims arising from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican-American War)
Envelope
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$400.00

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