March Internet Auction

Fort Assinaboine, M.T. Aug 18, 1879, purple cds duplexed with star cancel ties 3¢ green (184) , s.e. at right, on cover to Buxton Center Me.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $100 - 150.

Fort Gibson C.N. Mar 10 (Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory), neat cds with matching overinked target cancel on 3¢ green entire to St. Louis Arsenal, St. Louis Mo.; reduced slightly at right, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

Fort Randall, Dak. Jul 22, sharp strike of double-circle postmark and matching four-ring target cancel 3¢ rose (65) on orange cover to Sioux City, Iowa; addressing ms. just ties 3¢, Very Fine and choice Dakota Territory Fort use.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $300 - 400.

Fort Washakie, Wyo. (Wyoming Territory), cds duplex ties 2¢ red brown (210) on 1885 cover to Crete, Nebraska; reduced slightly at right, F.-V.F. and scarce Wyoming Terr. Fort.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $100 - 150.

"Fort Winnebago, May the 6. 1835" (Wisconsin), folded local letter addressed to "Bvt. Maj. M. Clark" from R.A. Eammons reading " Dear Sir, and highly Honored and most noble Major, would you stoop so low as to grant me the privalige of gowing out to work and you my rest ashured that I never will make enny further attemps to deseart… ", Very Fine and early military use.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $100 - 150.

Fort Winnebago was a 19th-century fortification of the United States Army located on a hill overlooking the eastern end of the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers east of present-day Portage, Wisconsin. It was the middle one of three fortifications along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway that also included Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Fort Winnebago was constructed in 1828 as part of an effort to maintain peace between white settlers and the region's Native American tribes following the Winnebago War of 1827. The fort's location was chosen not only because of its proximity to the site of Red Bird's surrender in the Winnebago War, but also because of the strategic importance of the portage on the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, a heavily traveled connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. Fort Winnebago's location near the portage allowed it to regulate transportation between the lakes and the Mississippi.

Fort Kearney N.T. "July 19", cds with ms. dating on cover bearing 3¢ green (147) canceled by light four-ring target to Newfoundland N.J.; reduced slightly at left; 3¢ gum toning, Fine and late use.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

Fort Bidwell Cal. Apr 17, strong cds duplexed with four-ring cancel on cover to Jacksonville, Oregon; light soiling, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Fort Concho, Texas, Apr 18, 1880, bold violet cds with black quartered cork cancel on 1¢ postal card to Utica N.Y., Apr. 25th arrival cds, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Fort Yates, Dakota, Feb 12, 1882 (Dakota Territory), blue cds duplexed with cross cancel on 3¢ entire to Fort Concho, Texas; reduced slightly at right, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

Fort Bennett, Dakota, May 5 (Dakota Territory), cds duplexed with star cancel on 1¢ gray blue (206) on unsealed J.C. Robb, Post Trader corner card cover to Whitehall Mich. at 1¢ printed matter rate, pencil "Indian Curios" docketing at left; edge toning and wear, Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

Fort Bennett was originally called the Post at Cheyenne River Agency and was established in 1869 during the Indian wars in the Department of Dakota by the U.S. Army to control the Sioux.

Fort McKinney, Wyo. T. 9 Mar 1883 (Wyoming Territory), cds duplexed with grid cancel ties 3¢ green (207) on yellow cover to Cawker City, Kansas; reduced slightly at right, light staining, Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Fort Sill, Ind. Terr. Aug 29, 1884 (Indian Territory), sharp cds duplexed with Maltese cross cancel on 2¢ red entire to Philadelphia Pa., Sep. 3rd arrival backstamp, fresh and Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $100 - 150.

Cantonment, Ind. Territory, Dec 26, 1888 (Indian Territory), double-circle datestamp with circular grid cancel on 2¢ green on fawn entire to Newton, Kansas, Dec.; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

Camp Huachuca, Ariz. Nov 13, 1890 (Arizona Territory), cds duplexed with cork cancel on 2¢ green entire to St. Louis Mo., reverse with Nov. 17th arrival backstamps, F.-V.F. and scarce Az. Terr. Fort.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.