Lot 137
"Floyd for the South" (Walcott unlisted), Man riding south with bags of money caricature, to Paris, France, bearing 5¢ red brown (75) and 24¢ lilac (78) tied by Boston "Paid" grid cancellation, red "Boston 'Paid 12' Jun. 19" exchange c.d.s., red "Calais 2 Juil 63" c.d.s. transit with matching boxed "PD", "Paris 2 Juil 63" backstamp, 24¢ with straight edge, Very Fine.
Estimate 7,500 - 10,000
Expertization: 1987 P.F. Certificate.
Provenance: Matthies, Haas, Gallbrith, Bischel
John B. Floyd was Buchanan’s Secretary of War. In December of 1860, being a secessionist, he resigned his cabinet post and returned to his home in Virginia. Accused of having removed arms from Northern to Southern arsenals in preparation for war, and being implicated in the loss of nearly $1 million in bonds from the Department of the Interior, Floyd stormed back to Washington to face his accusers and was exonerated by a Congressional Committee. He was later commissioned a brigadier general by the Confederacy.
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