Sale 1129 — 2016 Rarities of the World

Sale Date — Tuesday, 31 May, 2016

Category — Civil War: Union Patriotics

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Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
466°
c
Sale 1129, Lot 466, Civil War: Union Patriotics3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Brilliant color, straddle-pane margin at left, cancelled by blue grid, matching "MECHANICSBURG IND." Eagle, Star and Branches fancy town handstamp with manuscript "Feb. 15" on Beardless Lincoln First Presidential Campaign cover to Greencastle Ind., original 1861 enclosure mentions that "traitors or disunionists are very scarce [in Mechanicsburg]", cover lightly cleaned at top center

VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE COVER COMBINING THE BEARDLESS LINCOLN CAMPAIGN DESIGN AND A FANCY CANCELLATION INCORPORATING PATRIOTIC THEMES. A REMARKABLE "CAMPAIGN PATRIOTIC" COVER.

Same correspondence as lot 467. Ex Matthies and Waud. With 1994 P.F. certificate

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