Sale 1155 — United States and Confederate States Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday, 9 May, 2017

Category — Officials

Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
3247
c
Sale 1155, Lot 3247, Officials3c War (O85). Choice centering with well-balanced margins, tied by well-struck circle of V's cancel, "St. Louis Mo. Feb. 15" circular datestamp on "Headquarters, Army of the United States, Official Business" imprint cover to General Benjamin H. Grierson at his home in Jacksonville Ill., addressed in the hand of William Tecumseh Sherman and with original 3-page autograph letter signed, with similar printed letterhead datelined "St. Louis Mo. Feb. 15, 1875", military content discussing strategy for troop placements, some splitting along folds of contents sensibly reinforced, Very Fine

E. 1,000-1,500
1,300