The following covers have appeared in auctions and publications. I have photos of each.
All town marks and rates are in manuscript and black unless otherwise noted.
Some entries are clickable and will show the cover in seperate window.
Originating PO Date PAID/Due Rate Destination Comments
Arkansas 4/4/1820 Due 25 Connecticut
Arkansas 5/18/1820 Due 25 Salem, KY
Arkansas 10/XX/1823 FREE Batesville Eli J. Lewis, PM
Arkansas 6/8/1826 Due 25 Levant,ME To Issac Case
Arkansas 11/30/1820 Due 25 Connecticut
Arkansas 4/9/1828 Due 25 Bangor, ME
Arkansas 12/30/1832 Due 25 Maine
Arkansas Post 9/22/1835 Due 37.5 Washington Legal Deposition
Bartholemew 3/3/1835 Due 18.5 Little Rock To Chester Ashley
Batesville 2/9/1825 Due 55.5 Salem, KY Last use of the 18.5 rate or multiple from Arkansas.
Batesville 5/18/1830 Due 25 Kingston, NY
Batesville 6/12/1832 Due 25 Portland, ME
Batesville 1/3/1834 Paid 25 New York
Batesville 12/21/1835 Due 25 Virginia
Caldwelton 1/19/1835 Free Little Rock "Free/Chas Caldwell/PM"
Cane Hill 8/26/1835 Due 25 Summer City, TN
Columbus 5/23/1834 Due 25 Farmington, MO
Columbia 5/24/1835 Due 12.5 Lake Providence, LA
Crawford CH 6/10/1823 Free Washington,DC
Crawford CH 4/15/1835 Due 25 Andover, MA
Crawford CH 1/6/1826 Due 25
Dardanelle 11/10/1828 Free Zanesville, OH "J.H. Beasley/PM"
Dwight 1/5/1829 Due 25 Columbus, MS
Dwight 2/15/1829 Free Natchez, MS "C.Washburn/Post Master"
Fayetteville 2/28/1836 Due 25 Pennsylvania
Fort Smith 1/19/1833 Paid 50 New Hampshire
Fort Smith 8/28/1835 Due 25 Baltimore, MD
Harrisburg 7/7/1830 Due 25 Canton, OH
Helena 10/3/1831 Due 25 Mount Vernon, OH
Helena 11/16/1833 Paid 25 Jackson,MS
Helena 3/13/1835 Due 12.5 Little Rock
Helena 4/8/1836 Due 25 Clarksburg, VA Straightline Townmark and Date
Helena 4/23/1836 Due 25 Richmond, VA
Helena 6/3/1836 Due 25 Woodville, MS
Hempstead CH 8/21/1825 Due 25 Cincinnati, OH
Hempstead CH 7/X/1826 Due 25 Cincinnati, OH Red ms townmark and rate
Hempstead CH 12/7/1826 Due 25 Cincinnati Red ms townmark and rate
Hempstead CH 3/13/1827 Due 25 Ohio
Hempstead CH 5/X/1827 Due 25 Cincinnati, OH Red ms townmark and rate
Hempstead CH 10/6/1833 Due 12.5 Little Rock HEMPSTEAD/CH AT in Handstamp circle around ms date
Hempstead CH 11/11/183X Free Preston, CT HEMPSTEAD/CH AT red HS circle with hs date in center
Hempstead CH 12/13/183X Due 25 New York, NY HEMPSTEAD A.T. in NEGATIVE letters, blk circle hsp date in center
Hempstead CH 3/21/1835 Free Preston, CT HEMPSTEAD/MAR 21/A.T. & FREE blk CDS and HSP
Hempstead CH 7/9/1835 Due 50 Woodville, MS HEMPSTEAD/JUL 9/A.T. blk CDS and ms rate
Izard CH 8/4/1832 Due 25 Florida
Jackson 2/9/1836 Free Wilmington, OH
Lake Port 7/14/1834 Free Hardensburgh, KY
Lewisburg 7/24/1832 Due 25 New York Forwarde to VT with 18.75 added postage due
Lewisburg 4/6/1834 Due 25 New York
Little Rock ------------- See seperate page for regular Little Rock covers, and page for Little Rock Shield uses ----
Miller CH 10/15/1825 Due 37.5 Little Rock
Pine Bluff 1/18/1835 Paid 10 Little Rock
Pine Bluff 8/20/1835 Due 10 Little Rock
St. Francis 6/2/1833 Free Washington, DC
Scotia 6/4/1832 Paid 12.5 Little Rock Blue Ink
Spring Hill 5/24/1836 Due 25 Petersburg, IL
Strawberry River 7/5/1834 Due 25 Philadelphia, PA
Union 1821 Due 25 Philadelphia, PA
Van Buren 8/21/1835 Due 25 Augusta, GA
Villemont 11/1/1828 Free Natchez, MS Turned cover, Natchez PAID HSp, "75" rate to Point Cico, Ark T.
Villemont 2/19/1832 Due 25 Greenland, NH
Vineyard 2/11/1831 Due 25 Calhoun, TN
Washington 2/1/1829 Paid 12.5 Little Rock Earliest reported Washington Cover
White River 11/121832 Free Little Rock
Updated 2-23-2010