Lot 716
1830s Delaware Lottery Tickets. Extensive collection of one hundred Delaware State lottery tickets primarily dating to the 1830s. The group includes 15 tickets from the Delaware Grand Consolidated Lottery; 12 tickets benefitting the Delaware College and Common School; four tickets from the Delaware, South Carolina and Louisiana Grand Consolidated Lottery; five tickets for the Delaware Grand Extra Consolidated Lottery; four tickets for the Delaware lottery improving navigation; four tickets for the Pokomoke River Lottery; five tickets for Sussex County Internal Improvements; four tickets for the state Extra Lottery; four tickets for the Delaware and North Carolina Extra Consolidated Lottery; three tickets for the state lottery; two tickets for Delaware Internal Improvement; twenty-two tickets for the Delaware Literature Lottery; twelve tickets to benefit the Delaware College and Common School; and four tickets to benefit Sussex County. Each has been numbered, printed in color, and signed by a lottery official. Most measure 6½ x 1½". Each roughly cut. Conditions range from good to fine.
Interestingly, this collection includes tickets for two inter-state lotteries -- joint ventures between Delaware and other states, including South Carolina, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,400.
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