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1483 
(Nebraska) Nebraska City, N.T., Dec 4, cds ties 3¢ dull red (26) on fresh "Wm. E. Parde, Attorney at Law, Dealers on Real Estate, Land Warrants and Exchange, Nebraska City, N.T." framed corner card buff cover to Nuckolls & Co. in Pacific City, Iowa, letter concerns payment of notes "…so that I can collect it from J.H. Russell when he returns from the Pikes Peak Gold mines. Mr. J.H. Russell left for the Gold Mines when I got these notes from him…", Very Fine. Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
1484
(Nebraska) Nebraska Kansas Routes to Gold Region Map - Hawke & Nuckolls, Nebraska City, N.T., illustrated map advertising cover addressed to Boston Mass., most likely sent under another cover, map showing Cherry Creek at left with "Gold Region" heading (Pre-Territorial Colorado), with original enclosure from C. Nuckolls datelined "Pacific City, Iowa, Oct 3/59" regarding the land warrants and sales in Nebraska including "…times have kept getting tighter so fast that property such as land and lots is worth nothing scarcely…I had hard work to get him to take 160 (acres) better land from Henry Pitt for a debt of $400…", Very Fine, One of the earliest Colorado mines maps. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $260
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1485
(Texas) Wm. Bryan, New Orleans Agent of the Texan Post Office, clear strike of agent oval handstamp on folded letter to Montgomery C.H., Texas, with letter datelined "Desoto County, Mo., April 27th, 1841" (near St. Louis), letter carried to New Orleans by steamboat down the Mississippi River, with straight line "Ship" handstamp and manuscript "150" rating, Very Fine and scarce. Estimate $500 - 750.
During the life of the Texan Republic (1837-1845), the Texas post office operated in New Orleans as a forwarder of the mails to Galveston and Houston. The mails were initially handled by Samuel Ricker Jr. until December 1838 and then William Bryan until statehood in December 1845.