Lot 3024
"U.S. Senate Free, J.M. Mason", free frank as Senator on circa 1850 cover to Harper's Ferry, Va., "Washington D.C. Free. Feb 12" c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200
Mason was co-author of the Fugitive Slave Act and Mason-Dixon Line south of which slavery was legal. Ironically, this cover was posted on Lincoln's birthday to Harper's Ferry, Va., where John Brown's raid in 1859 brought the Civil War closer.
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| Realized $110 |
