Lot 3289
War Dept., 1879, 2¢ rose red (O115), horizontal pair tied by bold negative 5-point star cancel, "W. St. Louis Stat., Mo., May 29" c.d.s., on small cover to Carthage, Mo., addressed in the hand of William Tecumseh Sherman, famed Civil War general and one of President Grant's Secretaries of War, Sherman's printed return address is at upper left minor ink smears in the address Very Fine, single 2¢ domestic rate.
Estimate 500 - 750
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| Realized $750 |
