Lot 141
Soldier Holding Flag amid Battle Ruins (Walcott 1848 var.), hand painted multicolor design, to Austria, redirected, bearing 12¢ black (36b) pair and 1¢ blue, 3¢ rose (63, 65) tied by Boston "Paid" grid cancellation, red "Boston Br. Pkt. 7 Paid Oct 2" exchange c.d.s., red boxed "Aachen Franco" Oct. 15, appropriate backstamps, stamps faulty, ink erosion in address and edge faults, Fine and extremely rare.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
A BEAUTIFUL PATRIOTIC DESIGN WITH A STRIKING MIXED ISSUE FRANKING AND AN UNUSUALLY LATE USAGE OF THE 12¢ 1857 - OVER A MONTH AFTER THE 12¢ 1861 WAS FIRST USED.
Provenance: Matthies, Paliafito, Gallbrith, Bischel
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