Lot
1047 
St. Augustine, group of 6 covers comprising two type XII ovals: 1827 with "Free" and 1831 in red; and four type XIV cds's: three in black 1844 (2), one with "Free" and 1847, and 1842 in red with "Free", F.-V.F. Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot
1048
St. Augustine, - E. Flo. -, Apl 28, lovely strike type XIII oval postmark in red with manuscript date and matching "25" on 1831 folded letter to Providence, R.I.; slight flaws, F.-V.F. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $100
Lot
1049
St. Augustine, E. Flo., Mar 24, bold strike of oval datestamp as forwarding postmark (type XII) on folded letter with manuscript "Middleburgh N.Y., March 3d 1831" origin postmark and matching "Free" rating to Postmaster originally at St. Augustine and forwarded to Jacksonville, Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
1050
St. Augustine, - E. Flo. -, Apl 28, type XIII oval postmark with manuscript date and matching "12½" on 1832 folded letter to St. Marys, Ga., Fine, ex-Light. Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot
1051
St. Augustine, E. Flo., "July 25", clear strike of fancy oval postmark and manuscript date with matching "18¾" cent rating on 1833 folded letter to Charleston S.C., interesting letter in regards to politics, waiting for the weekly mails, description of the city, exploring the old fort where Genl Gadsden was imprisoned, "the Engineers are now repairing the old fort, a cell which had been bricked up was opened and the cruel spectacle was present - a man or rather skeleton in chains was found, some poor wretch who had been entombed alive, the victim of Spanish revenge or superstition", also "Nullification must be the doctrine of the whole South - our very existence as a slave holding people is involved" etc., light toning, Very Fine. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $650
Lot
1052
"St. Joseph Fl, 21 Dec—", type II manuscript postmark in red with matching "25" rate on 1836 folded letter to Philadelphia, Very Fine, the earliest of five recorded type II St. Joseph postmarks, ex-Thompson. Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $130
Lot
1053
St. Mark, Florida. Jly "10", neat strike of cds with manuscript "10" day and matching "25" cent rating on 1839 folded letter to Milan N.Y., contents concern running a hotel in Monticello and a store in St. Marks, also "the labor being all performed by black slaves, I have seen five hundred slaves at work in one field…There is continual war here with the Indians. I have been in three battles and in one there was three men shot down by my side…"; light toning and soiling, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $325
Lot
1054
"St. Marks Fla, Dec 17th", type VII manuscript postmark with matching "10" on 1849 folded letter to North Kingstown, R.I., Fine, the latest of three recorded examples of the type VII manuscript postmark. Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot
1055
Tallahassee, group of four covers with oval postmarks comprising 1829 type IVa (separated along folds); 1832 type IV with "Free"; 1836 type Va with "Paid"; and 1841 in red with "Paid", F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $160
Lot
1056
Tallahassee, FlA, July 15, Bold oval postmark (type IVa) and manuscript postmark on 1829 folded letter to Washington D.C.; reinforce fold splitting, a Very Fine choice strike, ex-Meroni. Estimate $400 - 600.