Jun 02, 2011 - Sale 2249

Sale 2249 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
UNITED STATES. Dennison, William; Postmaster General. Post Route Map of the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut and Parts of New York and Maine. Large 64-section engraved map on 2 linen sheets, 1555x1030 mm overall; nicely colored in outline; small original manuscript note stating "brought up to date of Sept. 1st 1872," on the original linen backing; folds into the original gilt-lettered morocco case. Washington, 1866 [i.e. 1872]

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A rather early date for such a large postal map. More commonly encounted when issued in the 1880s.