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Sale 55: United States Postal History

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Free Franks - Executive Department

Lot 635    

(Executive - President) Andrew Jackson, large bold free frank as President, on undated folded cover to Baltimore Md. with red "City of Washington Oct. 21" cds and matching "Free" handstamp; some tears and small paper loss entirely on back flaps, fresh and Very Fine, ex-Kramer.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,500.

A CHOICE ANDREW JACKSON PRESIDENTIAL FREE FRANK.

President Andrew Jackson viewed the Indian tribes as obstacles to American expansion. His Indian Removal Act and other federal legislative initiatives sought to separate Indians from the path of white settlement. By 1840, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the American military had relocated more than 30 tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River.

Realized: $1,900

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