Details For Cover ID# 15002

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Cover Type: USA domestic with stamp(s)
Entered by: frajola
Added on:Feb 6, 10
Edited on:Feb 8, 10
 
Postmark: May 7, 1859
Origin: Shawnee, Kansas, UNITED STATES
Destination: Kingston, Mississippi, UNITED STATES
 
Description: Shawnee, Kan oily straight line Kansas territorial postmark tying 3c Dull Red (#26, faults) to cover, the only reported example, ex Clint Kanaga and Risvold, with letter from Chase

The Shawnee Post Office was established 19 May, 1857. It was located in Johnson County and was the first camp site on the Santa Fe Trail leaving Westport Landing on the Missouri River. Shawnee was sacked and burned by Quantrill and his guerrilla band on 17 October, 1862

Owner's ID: 6259
 
Certificate? No
For Sale? Yes, for US$ 3250.   Interested in this cover? Contact frajola.
Stampless? No
Stamps:Stamp images are from reference catalog. Click image to view at larger resolution.
[SNS 9] SNS# 9 [1857 3¢ Dull Red - USA Stamps 1857-1860 Issue]