Lot 3301
"Free./For the Regiment/Adams Express Co./Per Hoey", beautiful strike 4-line handstamp in blue on reverse of a Union Patriotic cover addressed to a Lt. Walter Murphy, c/o Capt. Swany, Co. B. Washington Greys, 8th Regt., N.Y. State Militia; cover a bit soiled and slightly reduced at right, Fine.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
PERHAPS A UNIQUE USAGE OF THIS RARE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY MARKING ON A PATRIOTIC COVER.
This marking was used on mail to and from the New York regiments that were assigned to protect Washington, D.C. at the beginning of the war.
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