Lot
878 
"Fort Osage Mo., June 23", manuscript postmark and matching "10" rating on 1846 folded letter to New York N.Y. concerning his mourning of his wife's recent death and care of 5 children, he closes with "…I am in hopes to leave here in about 12 or 15 days. This country is our dark dreary wilderness to me now…", Very Fine, ex-Beals. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $270
Lot
879
Fort Pickens, Fla, Feb 5, clear strike of cds just ties 3¢ rose (65), s.e. at right, matching circular grid cancel on light buff cover to Syracuse N.Y., Very Fine, signed by Ashbrook on reverse (S.B.A.). Estimate $200 - 300.
Fort Pickens, Florida was located on an island at the entrance to Pensacola Bay. It was held by Federal forces throughout the Civil War.
Realized: $210
Lot
880
Fort Randall, Dak. Apr 05, clear strike of double-circle datestamp ties 3¢ rose (65) on yellow cover to Wayland Mich.; reduced at left, Very Fine and scarce Dakota Territory Fort use. Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot
881
Fort Randall, Dak. Aug 10, sharp strike of double-circle postmark, matching four-ring target cancels 3¢ rose (65) on orange cover to Hammond, Wisc.; reduced slightly at right, a Very Fine Dakota Territory fort use. Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
882
Fort Riley KT, July 23, balloon-style cds ties 3¢ dull red (11A), large margins all around, on light buff cover to Hampton Va., Very Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $180
Lot
883
Fort Riley, Min, Mar 13, cds ties 3¢ dull red (11), large margins to slightly in, on cover to New Haven, Conn., F.-V.F. and scarce Fort (photo on web site). Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $180
Lot
884
Fort Sanders, Dakota, Jul 3, blue cds with matching partial quartered cork cancel on well centered 3¢ rose (65) on 1868 cover to Oswego N.Y., pink "Larami City, Dacotah, July 6, 1868" docketing; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine and rare Fort, One of only about 6 recorded examples. Estimate $300 - 400.
Fort Sanders, Dakota Territory was a wooden fort constructed in 1866 on the Laramie Plains in southern Wyoming, near the city of Laramie. Originally named Fort John Buford, it was renamed Fort Sanders after General William P. Sanders who died at the Siege of Knoxville during the American Civil War. This was the second fort to be named after Sanders, the first being in Knoxville, Tennessee. The fort was originally intended to protect travelers on the nearby Overland Trail from Indian attacks, but later the garrison was tasked with protecting the workers of the Union Pacific railroad when it arrived in the spring of 1868. In 1869 the town of Laramie (originally called "Laramie City") was created about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the fort. Fort Sanders became less important following the construction of Fort D. A. Russell in Cheyenne in 1868, but the War Department maintained it until 1882 when the buildings were sold.
Realized: $220
Lot
885
Fort Sedgwick, Col., Jun 27, clear cds with manuscript day, on cover to Waterbury, Ct. franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (s.e. at right) tied by matching target, Very Fine. Scott No. 65 Estimate $200 - 300.
Fort Sedgwick was established to protect the inhabitants of old Julesburgh against Indian raids. A hardship post, many of its buildings were nothing more than sod huts. The post office operated from 1866 to 1869 only.
Lot
886
"Fort Taylor Fla", manuscript postmark and matching ms. "Paid 5" rating on blue green folded letter datelined "Hernando May 15th 1853" to Tallahassee Fla., letter concerns land matters, Very Fine and rare Florida Fort postmark. Estimate $500 - 750.
ONE OF ONLY FOUR RECORDED FORT TAYLOR MANUSCRIPT POSTMARKS.
Realized: $525
Lot
887
"Fort Tejon, Cal, 3d April 1860" (Los Angeles), manuscript postmark (LOS-3320, R7) and matching "P Paid 6¢" rating on orange cover addressed to Lieut. McPherson, Corps of Engineers at San Francisco Cal.; sealed cover tear affects postmark, F.-V.F. and rare. Estimate $500 - 750.
THE EARLIEST OF ONLY TWO RECORDED EXAMPLES OF THE FORT TEJON MANUSCRIPT POSTMARK.
This postmark has a value rating of 7 by Williams, only three other locations are rated that high in his work on L.A. County. We offered the other recorded example of this postmark dated April 6th to McPherson in our Sale 62.
Realized: $700