Details For Cover ID# 28237
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Cover Type: | USA domestic with stamp(s) |
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Entered by: | golfduffer |
Added on: | May 2, 19 |
Edited on: | May 2, 19 |
Postmark: | Oct 20, 1858 |
Origin: | Ft.Belknap, Texas, UNITED STATES |
Destination: | Port Royal, New York, UNITED STATES |
Description: | Ft.Belknap protected the famed Butterfield Overland Mail Route and surrounding area. Expeditions ranged as far north as Kansas. Belknap was the far northern fort in a chain of forts founded to protect the Texas frontier from the Red River to the Rio Grande. Info taken from very informative unknown auction describer. |
Certificate? | No |
For Sale? | No |
Stampless? | No |
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