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Sale 55: United States Postal History

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Free Franks - Balance Lots (Navy to War)

Lots 742-751 Lots 752-761 Lots 762-764

Lot 752    

[State] Secretary of State Free Franks, group of 10 covers or cover fronts comprising 1810 Robert Smith, John Monroe cover front (stained); 1817 Richard Rush, two Edward Livingston cover fronts, 1840 John Forsyth free frank and ALS, Daniel Webster (tape stain); Lewis Cass cover front, and two Hamilton Fish covers with different Dept. of State imprints, some mixed condition, F.-V.F., ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $300

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Lot 753    

[Treasury] Auditors of the Treasury Free Franks, group of 94 covers comprising the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th auditors, starting with 1810 and 1815 Richard Harrison as Auditor, 1831 R. Harrison as 1st Auditor and Jesse Miller, Tully Wise, William Collins, John C. Clark, several Chief Clerks as acting auditors, 2nd Auditor: 1826 and 1828 William Lee, 1836 William B. Lewis, John M. McCalla, several Ezra B. French including printed franks, two 1833 Amos Kendall as 4th Auditor, etc. etc.; some faults to be expected, F.-V.F., A fabulous group of this important Treasury Office post., ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

The first Auditor was a post set up in 1776 by Continental Congress to help handle claims against Congress. By 1782, when the post had been given the franking privilege, the office had grown to be one of the most important in the Treasury Dept. There was only the Auditor until 1817, when four more auditors were added with specific assignments: 2nd and 3rd handled Army accounts, 4th handled Navy and 5th State, with the 1st Auditor handling everything else. In 1836, the 6th Auditor post was created to handle Post Office accounts.

Realized: $650

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Lot 754    

[Treasury] Comptroller of the U.S. Free Franks 1793-1860s, group of 30 free frank covers including Comptrollers: 1793 Oliver Wolcott Jr., 1795 John Davis, four 1798-1802 John Steele with 1798 circular signed by Steele, 1806 and 1808 Gabriel Duvall, 1812 Richard Rush, 1814 Ezekiel Bacon, three 1824-34 Joseph Anderson, 1837 George Wolf, etc., includes a few 2nd Comptroller and Clerk franks; some mixed quality, overall F.-V.F., ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $325

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Lot 755    

[Treasury] Internal Revenue Service Free Franks 1794-1875, collection of 20 covers including the first commissioner 1793 Tench Coxe, various supervisors and inspectors incl. 1800 Henry Miller, 1798 Edward Hand, 1801 Samuel Smedley, later commissioners: 1815 and 1819 Samuel Smith, three 1863-65 Joseph Lewis including some letters, 1867-68 Edward Rollins, two 1869-70 Columbus Delano, 1872 John W. Douglass, and various deputy commissioners incl. 1865 Edward A. Rollins, etc., some flaws, F.-V.F. group, ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Lot 756    

[Treasury] Registers and Solicitors Free Franks, group of 24 covers including Registers: Joseph Nourse (5 incl. 1798 use), Thomas L. Smith (5), Ransom H. Gillet, Daniel Graham, Finlay Bigger (2), L.E. Chittenden, Michael Norse and C.T. Jones as Acting Register; Solicitors: Virgil Maxcy, Charles B. Penrose, Ransom H. Gillet, John C. Clark, F.B. Streeter, Edward Jordan (2 incl. one printed) and Clerk B. F. Pleasants, F.-V.F. group, ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

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Lot 757    

[Treasury] Secretary of the Treasury and Related Free Franks, group of 31 covers, includes Oliver Wolcott Jr. (3 incl. 1797-99 Trenton use), Albert Gallatin (2), George W. Campbell, Alexander J. Dallas, William H. Crawford, Richard Rush (2), Samuel D. Ingham, Louis McLane, Roger B. Taney, Levi Woodbury, John Canfield Spencer, Howell Cobb, S.P. Chase, Hugh McCulloch (printed), and faulty George S. Boutwell; also includes Asst. Sec.: William L. Hodge, Peter G. Washington, Philip Clayton, George Harrington (printed), Wm. E. Chandler (printed), and Wm. A. Richardson; and Chief Clerks: Asbury Dickins, McClintock Young (2), Gilbert Rodman, and James H. Savill; some faults, F.-V.F. and scarce group, ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $750

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Lot 758    

[Treasury] Treasurer of the United States Free Franks, group of 20 covers comprising Samuel Meredith, Thomas Tucker (4), John Campbell, two "Brownout" period with "charge Treasury of the U. S., WBR" frank, Samuel Casey, Francis E. Spinner (one written and six printed franks), Michael Nourse as Acting Tres., William B. Randolph as Acting. Tres. (2), and two Edward O. Graves as Chief Clerk of Treasurer; some small faults, F.-V.F., ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $300 - 400.

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Lot 759    

[Treasury] Various Bureaus and Offices Free Franks, group of 28 covers from the Bureaus of Currency, Commissioners of the General Land Office (under Treasury), Commissioner of Customs, and The U.S. Coast Survey, all free franks but also includes a couple brownout period uses, includes 1865 Freeman Clarke as Comptroller of the Currency incl. ALS, John J. Knox, Land Office: Josiah Meigs, George Graham, Elijah Hayward, Ethan A. Brown, James Whitcomb, James Shields and Richard Young, Customs: Hugh J. Anderson and Nathan Sargent, Coast Survey: Alexander D. Bache (3), J.E. Hilgard (2, one h.s.), Capt. W.R. Palmer, and the scarce A.P. Hill, F.-V.F. group, ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $850

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Lot 760    

[War] Generals and Various War Dept. Free Franks, group of 55 covers including Commanding Generals, Adjutant Generals, Quartermaster Generals, Inspector Generals, etc., includes Winfield Scott, 1862 Henry W. Halleck signed letter, William Tecumseh Sherman, Adj. Gen: 1814 John De Barth Walbach, 1813 Daniel Parker, Roger Jones (6 incl. 3 incoming), Samuel Cooper, Lorenzo Thomas (2), Edward Townsend (4), etc., QtrMstr.: James Thomas, Thomas S. Jessup (7 incl. 2 incoming), Trueman Cross, Montgomery Meigs (6 incl. h.s.), etc., Medical Dept.: Francis LeBaron as Apothecary Gen. to Canada (front), Thomas Lawson (3: charge use and front and cover), William A. Hammond (two h.s.), Topographer: J.J. Albert; Assist. Sec. of War: Thomas A. Scott, Charles Dana; Commissary of Prisoners: William Hoffman and E.A. Hitchcock handstamps, and the Provost Marshall Gen. James B. Fry; some faults, F.-V.F., a scarce group, ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $950

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Lot 761    

[War] Militia Franks - State Adjutant Generals, group of 7 covers including Gen. Joseph Low from Concord N.H., Brig. Gen. F. White from Whitestown N.Y. with fancy red postmark, and J. Washburn from Augusta Me., F.-V.F., ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $100 - 150.

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Lots 742-751 Lots 752-761 Lots 762-764

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