Lot 3186
"U.S. Sanitary Commission Soldiers Mail", blind embossed corner card on yellow cover to Andover Mass. bearing 3¢ rose red, grilled (88), wide margins with nat. s.e. at right, cancelled by target cancel, matching "Leominster Mass Jul 22" c.d.s., reduced at right, Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150
The U.S. Sanitary Commission was organized to provide services to Union Soldiers, especially the wounded, similar to those provided in later years by the Red Cross and U.S.O.
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| Realized $80 |
