1880 ENVELOPE, FORT FETTERMAN, W.T. POSTMARK

Traditional Collectibles: Philately: Postal History: Cancellations Pre 1900: item #349242
FP.1136

This 6” x 3” stamped envelope (FP1136) is addressed to “Mrs. John S. Titcomb, Platte Canon, Jefferson Co., Colorado”. The two-cent US stamp was hand cancelled on August 15, 1880 with the Fort Fetterman, Wyo. Ter. postal mark, only 14 years after the ill-fated Fetterman Massacre occurred farther north on the Bozeman Trail and on the east side foothills of the Big Horn Mountains. Fetterman, with some 80 troops and civilians from Ft. Phil Kearney raced into the waiting arms of 2000 Sioux and Cheyen... Click for details