Lot 82
Blood & Co., 1848 (1¢) bronze on black on Philadelphia March 12 1849 cover, good margins all around, very fine tied by light blue PHILADELPHIA APR 12 5 c.d.s. on neat small envelope with enclosure. (15L17).
$225
Great Blood's cover within a prominent Delaware family. Sweet cover contents to Dr. Gove Sauksbury (the 41st Governor of Delaware) from his wife Rosina (Rosa) Jane Smith many years before his political aspirations. Gove was a Delaware State Senator. In 1863/64 he was elected to the Senate and in March 1865-1871. he became Governor. In 1861 and served through 1871. Gove also served as the President of the Delaware Medical Society Busy man.
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