Lot
1241 
Ft Laramie O.R. [July 1, 1851], crude black circular handstamp (no date) with matching straight line "PAID 3" rate marking on brown cover to "Mr Pardon Brown, Middletown, R.I.", part of the well-known Pardon Brown correspondence, whose contents still exist (separated from the covers) and thus help date this cover to July, 1851. Noted as "Recd August 14th"; small ink erosion spot at left, flap with hinge reinforcement/repair, F.-V.F.Estimate $750 - 1,000.
THESE RARE FORT LARAMIE "OREGON ROUTE" POSTMARKS ARE NOTORIOUSLY POORLY STRUCK.
A Post Office at Fort Laramie on the Oregon Route or Oregon Trail across the plains was established in 1850. The Post Office was located in unorganized territory but attached to Oregon Territory for administrative purposes and was the last Post Office on the Oregon Trail going west.
Realized: $1,150