Lot 173
Nine Star Flag (Dietz F9-2), design in red, white and blue with Chatham Artillery slogan 9, bearing "Savannah Geo. Paid Dec 31" with matching "Paid 5" in oval handstamp on cover to Augusta, Ga., endorsed "Camp Claghorn"; edge reinforcing, Very Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE EXAMPLE OF A NINE STAR CONFEDERATE FLAG PATRIOTIC.
The ninth star represents the admission of Arkansas to the Confederacy on May 18, 1861. The tenth state, North Carolina, was admitted only three days later. Very few nine-star flag patriotics were created during this very brief period.
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