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Sale 55: United States Postal History

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Free Franks - Treasury Department

Lot 695    

[Treasury] Walter Livingston, Commissioner of the Board of the Treasury 1785-89. Free frank "Walter Livingston" signature as Commissioner on 1786 folded cover endorsed "Board of Treasury" addressed to Nathaniel Appleton, Commissioner of the Loan Office for the State of Massachusetts, "N. York. June 26" straightline postmark with matching "Free" rating handstamp; 1786 docketing, F.-V.F., ex-Richard Graham Collection.
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Walter Livingston was a member of the prominent Livingston family of New York. Livingston served as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1784-85, and in 1785 was appointed as a Commissioner of the newly created Board of the Treasury of the Continental Congress. Livingston died in New York City in 1797.

Realized: $600

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