Skip to main content

Folder 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Minnesota Territorial Stamp Covers, 1949

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: SMHC Collection 1306
Abstract This collection consists of stamps and envelopes commemorating the State of Minnesota’s territorial centennial. The collection is made up of four envelopes, each bearing a different design and matching stamp. The events and places portrayed on the envelopes are Minnesota’s first newspaper, a Red River ox cart train from Pembina to Mendota, the discovery of the source of the Mississippi River, and the establishment of Fort Snelling. The envelopes were postmarked at sites relating to the...
Dates: 1949