“Tucson N.M. Nov. 6” (1859). Perfect strike of circular datestamp ties well-centered 3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26) on “OVERLAND--via--Los Angeles” hand-colored illustrated four-horse stagecoach cover to Oramel Clark in Springfield, Illinois, slightly reduced and tiny edge tear at right, small edge nick at upper left, backstamped “Library of Hannibal Hamlin”

VERY FINE. THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED ILLUSTRATED STAGECOACH COVER USED FROM ARIZONA. ADDING TO ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE IS THE FACT THAT IT PASSED FROM THE ADDRESSEE, ORAMEL CLARK, TO HIS FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR IN SPRINGFIELD, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WHO IN TURN PRESENTED IT TO HANNIBAL HAMLIN, VICE PRESIDENT DURING LINCOLN’S FIRST TERM.

Ex J. David Baker

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