Lot 155
Exhibition Quality Patriotic Covers, selection of 27 high quality covers with scarcer designs including 14 Magnus covers, nearly all of which are hand-painted and seven of which have all-over scenes on reverse. Also noteworthy (actually, each cover is noteworthy) is a Liberty & Flag bearing a 3¢ 1857 and a Blood's Local from Philadelphia to a Union soldier at Camp Oregon, Washington, D.C. In addition, two of the covers have matching letterheads and eight are accompanied by P.F. or P.S.E. certificates. A spectacular lot for the serious collector of Civil War Patriotics.
Estimate 10,000 - 15,000
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| Realized $14,000 |
