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Sale 85: The Westpex Sale

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State Postmarks - Missouri (Missouri Statehood)

Lot 1019    

"Masonic College Mo., July 3rd", manuscript postmark and matching "10" cent rating on folded letter datelined "Masonic College of Mo., July 1, 1845" from J.W. Smith to Staunton Va., Very Fine, One of only three known examples of this rare postmark..
Estimate    $300 - 400.

The Grand Lodge of Missouri opened the first Masonic College in Philadelphia in Marion Country in spring of 1844. The institution operated using facilities previously owned by Marion College, however, proving insufficient the school administration soon sought a new location. In 1847, the citizens of Lexington, subscribed $30,000 to relocate the college. On May 18th 1847, the Grand Lodge of Masons in Missouri laid the cornerstone of the Masonic College in Lexington.

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