Archives International Auctions Auction 100 March 26, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 100 70 March 26, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 255 255 U.S., PostOffice Department, 187x (ca.1870s) Specimen Draft “To the Treasurer of the U.S. - Transfer of Funds” Washington, D.C., 187x (ca.1870s), Specimen Draft or warrant, black printing on white paper with light orange border and underprint, Screaming Eagle at left and portrait of the Post Master General on the top middle, Payment for Transportation of the Mails is crossed out as well as other text in red, Light Purple diagonal SPECIMEN overprint in middle, Serial #351 on top left, POCs in the signature blocks, AU to Uncirculated Condition. Evidently a remainder warrant was used as a specimen with changes. National Bank Note Company, printer. Very possibly unique. ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $750-1,250 256 256 U.S., Post Office Department, 187x (ca.1870s) Specimen Draft for “Transportation of the Mails”. Washington, D.C., 187x (ca.1870s), Specimen Draft or warrant, black printing on white paper with brown border and light brown underprint, Seated Liberty at left and portrait of the Post Master General on the top right, Payment for Transportation of the Mails, Purple diagonal SPECIMEN overprint in middle, POCs in the signature blocks, AU to Uncirculated Condition. B.E.P. ��� Est. $500-800 257 257 U.S., Post Office Department, 188x (ca.1880s) Specimen Draft “To theTreasurer of the U.S.,Warrant” Washington, D.C., 188x (ca.1880s), Specimen Draft or warrant, black printing on light grey-white paper with black border, Post Office Logo at left and portrait of the Post Master General on the top right corner, Light Purple diagonal SPECIMEN overprint in middle, POCs in the signature blocks, No S/N, Uncirculated Condition with a small glue remnant on the back middle. B.E.P. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $500-800 U.S. Postal Notes Missouri 258 258 MO. St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Postal Note, September 27, 1883, Type1, Issued Postal Note. St. Louis, Missouri, September 27, 1883. 1 Cent I/U U.S. Postal Note, Type 1 (Listed as Type V by mistake). Black and brown print on yellow paper, U.S. 3 cents Revenue stamp at right, Back is blue, S/N 497 pp E, PMG graded About Uncirculated 53 EPQ, Homer Lee BNC. ���������������������������������������������������� Est. $550-800 C.S.A. Warrants, Drafts, Exchanges & Fiscal Documents North Carolina 259 259 C.S.A., Post Office Department, Treasurer of the Confederate States of America, 1865 Issued Warrant Signed by Postmaster General Reagan North Carolina, March 18th, 1865. Post Office Warrant from the Confederate States of America Issued for $686.88, S/N 6050, Black text with thin black border, “Transportation of the Mails” in banner at left, Portrait of a man at top center, Signed by John H. Reagan as Postmaster General at bottom right. John H. Reagan (8 October 1818 - 6 March 1905) was a Texas politician who resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the United States to join the Confederacy. He was a member of Jefferson Davis’s cabinet, serving as the Postmaster General. Following the Civil War, Reagan supported collaboration with the subsequent U.S. government, a perspective that was not shared by many of his fellow peers. He continued to serve the United States in a political capacity, and was elected to Congress, then later the U.S. Senate. PMG graded Very Fine 30 but appears to be Extra fine condition with sharp corners, bright colors and crisp paper. Printed by Archer & Daly. This Post Office warrant was issued 1 month before the war officially ended on April 22nd, 1865. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $1,000-2,000