A1102s

Republic of Texas

150th Anniversary

Fred Collins Signature

Spring 2020 Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 14 A1102 — Republic of Texas (3-2-86)

This scarce Collins variety is the only one that first day cover pioneer Torkel Gundel and I did together. He did the center portion of the cachet — comprised of a map and his familiar little writeup, and I produced the remainder of the cachet, plus I went to Texas to obtain the cancels. The story of my trip to the Lone Star State and copies of letters from Tork relating to our joint project are presented on pages 58 to 59 of my 1998 book. One single has the official postmark from Washington-on-the Brazos, Texas, and another single has a wonderful extra-large postmark from Goliad, Texas. My good friend Tork passed away five years after this cover was made.