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Sale 74: The Westpex Auction

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State Postmarks - Indian Territory to Ohio

Lot 1097    

(Louisiana) Pointe Coupe, Pre-Louisiana Spanish Territory, folded letter datelined at Point Coupe, June 5, 1805, located in Spanish country in Louisiana shortly after the Louisiana Purchase, the site of a fort and slave center, addressed to a "Madame Deveneau" (actual spelling is Duvigneau) at Fountainbleu near Fort Adams in Mississippi Territory, sender's notation "Par Sam" indicating carried by slave, from Samuel C. Young, letter in French refers to "Camp de Negres" (Negroes Camp); faint stains and small erosion spot in address, Fine and exceptional early piece of mail from the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $500

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