Sale 6

Spring 2015 Sale

Texas and Mexican War

Lot	Photo	Description	Bidding
Lot 196		1842 Texian Prisoners Period. Folded letter sheet bearing boxed VERA CRUZ AGOSTO 12 postmark, rare black "3" handstamp and very rare blue "SHIP" plus manuscript "Care Collector New Orleans", docketing "Velasco relating to Douglas, a Texian prisoner", to General Thompson. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 197		1843 Texian Prisoners. Folded letter sheet bearing extremely rare red boxed PUERTO DE MATAMOROS postmark and matching "1", docketing "Isaac D. Marks, Esq. U.S.V. Consul Matamoros" stating that "the rumor of shooting 30 of the Texian prisoners has not been confirmed Feb. 10", to Don Theodoro Ducoing y Co. Chilling and later confirmed. Estimate $250 - 300. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $170
Lot 198		1843 (?) Texian Prisoner Period. Folded letter sheet missing bottom flaps bearing straight line LAGOS handstamp to Benjamin Green, manuscript May 30. Lagos de Mexico is North West of Leon. Estimate $100 - 125. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 199		1843 Texian Prisoners, 5 folded letter sheets from 1842 to 1844, 4 addressed to General Thompson, 1 to Benjamin Green all bearing boxed VERA CRUZ date pinks, one with additional "3" handstamp, 4 with interesting docketing, one with reference to the arrival of a ship. Fine historical group. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 200		1842-44 Texian Prisoner Period. The remaining 19 folded letter sheets to Thompson and Green all bearing VERA CRUZ dated pen marks and a red JALAPA, good for the chronology of this period. Also thrown in because it doesn't belong anywhere else, about 30 black and white postcards, mostly of the Poncho Villa War. Estimate $400 - 500. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $270
Lot 201		Sam Houston Deposition 1843. #10 size folded letter sheet from "Washington (DC) June 24, 1843" bearing manuscript "$1.50" postage, "Deposition of Sam Houston in the case of James Perkins vs Philip A. Sublett" on reverse a signed certification "received 26 Sept 1843 J.B. Johnson" addressed to the District Court of Saint Augustine County, St. Augustine Texas. Quite historical. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 202		"Off Brazos Santiago Jan 13th", manuscript on envelope bearing PT. ISABEL JAN 16 1847 (Texas) 2 line postmark "10" handstamp, fine. Estimate $150 - 200 "Port Isabel�s history is forever linked to the fate of two countries, the United States and Mexico. The importance of Port Isabel�s role is reflected in the great military minds that were sent to this area during the U.S.- Mexican War." Port Isabel-Texas Tourist Bureau: The Walk of Generals . View details and enlarged photo/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 203		"Tacubaya Sept 1st", manuscript on envelope bearing VERA CRUZ MEX SEP 22 (1847) and manuscript "10". Tacubaya is a Mexico City suburb. Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 204		"Mexico City Nov 10 + 25th", manuscript on envelope bearing VERA CRUZ MEXO NOV 29 (1847) 2-line handstamp, "X" handstamp, on reverse manuscript "Saturday night January 8th 1848". Estimate $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $100
Lot 205		"Tacubaya" 1848, group of 4 envelopes after the Treaty of Guadalupe. Manuscript May 6", "May 18", "April 4,6,7th", one undated, each bearing VERA CRUZ boxed 2-line cancels dated respectively May 11, May 18, April 12 and May 11, fine group of the occupying period. Estimate $350 - 400. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $240
Lot 206		The Soldier F. Woodbridge War Correspondence remainder, 37 envelopes comprising 10 Tampico commencing Jan 18 (1847), Lobos Islay � 1 cover, Vera Cruz 6 covers, Lizardo (Anton) 1 cover, Perote -2 covers, Tepeyahulco � 3 covers, Puebla � 2 covers, Mexico City � 2 covers, Tacubaya � 2 covers, no towns, but dated � 8 covers. Ratings include "Due 10" 2 have "10" + "20", "SHIP"," VERA CRUZ" 2-line, manuscript "via Louisville & Cincinnati" almost all with New Orleans transits. Wonderful for study. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $200
Lot 207		BRAZO (misspelled) FEB 27 (1848), 2-line marking on faulty folded letter sheet to North Carolina. Quite readable marking. After the Treaty and troop withdrawal. Not Woodbridge correspondence. Estimate $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $135
Lot 208		MATAGORDA MAY 21 TEXAS, 3 line handstamp on manila envelope bearing manuscript "paid 10", red NEW YORK 5 JUN ____ receiver, 4 page letter date lined "May 19 1849", re-addressed to Vermont. Not part of the Woodbridge correspondence. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 209		"VERA CRUZ MEXICO FEB _", 2-line handstamp with large "10" on 1848 folded letter sheet, 4 page letter date lined Orizaba Mexico Jan 27 1848 with most interesting war information " …we came devilishly near catching Santa Ana" and more. To Indiana. Not part of the Woodbridge correspondence. Estimate $100 - 150. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $65
Lot 210		Confederate States, Postmaster's Provisional, Memphis, Tenn., 1861, 5¢ red, Vertical Pair, some margins and creases, tied by Memphis NOV 23 Tenn. c.d.s. on front (some faults), to Petersburg Va., Foundation Cert. (2015) (Scott 56X2). Scott $4,000 as cover. View details and enlarged photos/bid on this lot	Current Bid $400