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US 1847 Issue: Arkansas & Indian Territory

Uses of the US 1847 adhesive issues to and from Arkansas.

The only shipment of the 1847 adhesive issues was sent to Arkansas on August 9, 1849.

The first adhesive issue was demonetized and no longer valid for postage after July 1, 1851.

Arkansas received a very small number of the 1st Adhesive issues, compared to other states
or major cities in the East. Stamps shipped to Arkansas Post Offices were:

Post Office 5 cent 10 cent

Arkadelphia                              200      100
Doaksville, Choctaw Nation     300      200
Little Rock                                 600    1300
Arkansas Totals                       1100    1600

In comparison, combined totals of the stamps sent to Alabama equaled 57,000
and to Bridgeport, Connecticut, 7300.

The following are the reported covers mailed from and to Arkansas.

Updated 8/26/2011

US 1847 10 cent used from Little Rock

1847 References

"The United States 1847 Issue: A Cover Census"-Alexander, Thomas J. (The U.S. Philatelic Classics Society, 2002).
"Ten Cent 1847 Covers"-Hart, Creighton C. & McDonald, Susan M. (2nd ed, Aug, 1970).
"1847 Covers from Arkansas"-Hart, Creighton C., ed. - The Classics, #51, December 1965.

From Arkansas

Date	Denomination	Originating PO	Destination	Cover Scan & Source
2-14-1851	5 cent	Holly Point	New Orleans, Louisiana	us #1 from holley point ark my cover.jpg
	10 cent	Hot Springs
9-3-1850	10 cent	Little Rock	Cincinnati, Ohio	RSiegel_Sale906_Lot1511.jpg
2-22-1851	10 cent	Little Rock	Cincinnati, Ohio	RSiegel_Sale_927_Lot_1283.jpg
3-26-185x	10 cent	Little Rock	Lynchburg, Virginia	us #2 little rock to lynchburg my cover.jpg

From Indian Territory

Date	Denomination	Originatiing PO	Destination	Cover image & Source
1850-05-30	10 cent	Doakesville	New Orleans, Louisiana	Doakesville AR 1850-05-30 US 2 to NO Siegel Sale 1217 Lot 73.jpg
1850-06-13	10 cent +"due 10" ms	Doakesville	New Orleans, Louisiana	hrharmer_sale2914_lot488.jpg
1850-06-20	10 cent	Doakesville	New Orleans, Louisiana	Doaksville 1850-06-20 Chronicle No 72(Nov 1971).png
1850-06-24	10 cent	Doakesville	New Orleans, Louisiana	Doaksville 1850-06-24.png
1850-06-30	10 cent	Doakesville	New Orleans, Louisiana	doaksville us 2 june 30 185x to no mbennett_sale330_lot1035.jpg
1850-07-01	10 cent	Doakesville	New Orleans, Louisiana	Doaksville 1850-07-01 10 cent RKaufmann_Sale66_Lot183.jpg
1851-12-02	5 cent	Doakesville	Eagletown, CN	doaksville us 1 azimmerman_sale34_lot243.jpg
1854-07-14	5 cent	Eagletown	Washington, D.C. Note Demonitized use	Eagletown Ark 7-14-1854 to Washington DC MBennet_Sale266_Lot1133.pdf
185x-10-04	10 cent	Doakesville

To Arkansas

Date	Denomination	Originating PO	Destination	Cover Image & Source
8-26-18xx	5 cent	Franklin, Indiana	Little Rock	Franklin, IN 18xx-08-26 US 1 single to Little Rock RSiegel Sale 387 Lot125.jpg
11-20-1847	5 cent pair	New Orleans, Louisiana	Van Buren	us 1 pair from no to van buren my cover.jpg
4-11-1848	5 cent pair	New Orleans, Louisiana	Van Buren	New Oleans LA 1848-04-11 Pair US 1 to Van Buren USPCS 1847 census 20201030.png
12-5-1850	10 cent	New Orleans, Louisiana	Washington	hherst_sale186_lot1300 us 2 from new orleans to washington ark text only.jpg
11-6-1847	10 cent	New York, New York	Fort Smith	New York 11-6-1847 US No2 to Fort Smith RoumetHistoirePostale_Sale23_Lot1949.jpg
18xx-xx-xx	5 cent Pair	Newburyport, Massachusetts	Little Rock	Newburyport MA 18xx-xx-xx Pair US 1 to Little Rock Ivy Shreve Mader 3-18-199x.jpg
8-4-1847	Two 5 cents	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Fort Smith	Philadelphia PA 1847-08-04 to Fort Smith US #1 x 2 RSiegel Sale 204 Lot131.jpg

Via Arkansas

	Date	Denomination	Originatiing PO	Destination	Cover Image & Source
	7-10-1850	10 cent	Bonham, Texas	New Orleans, Louisiana "via Doaksville & Little Rock" Lear Correspondence	Bonham TX 1850-07-10 US 2 via Doaksville and Little Rock rfrajola_sale20_lot364.jpg