Lot
1396 
N Orleans* June 3 (Orleans Territory), straightline handstamp and red manuscript "25" rating on folded letter datelined "Collector's Office, Custom House, New Orleans May 30, 1804" to Philadelphia Pa., endorsed "per mail" at bottom left, fresh and Very Fine. ASCC $2,000. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE "N ORLEANS*" STRAIGHTLINE POSTMARK DURING THE ORLEANS TERRITORIAL TIME PERIOD.
The interim period between Dec. 20th 1803, when William Charles Coles Claiborne and General James Wilkinson took possession of Louisiana at New Orleans for the United States and Oct. 1st 1804 when the District of Louisiana and the Territory of New Orleans were established officially is known as the Pre-Territorial Period.
Realized: $800