Lot 642
1861, 12¢ black (69), tied, together with 3¢ rose (65), by bold blue "Baltimore Md. Apr 24" postmarks, on all-over hand colored Magnus patriotic featuring "U.S.A. General Hospital, McKim's Mansion, Baltimore, Md." (L-794) to Wolferstedt, Germany, paying the 15¢ Bremen-Hamburg mail rate, red "N. York 12 Brem. Pk./ Paid/ Apr 25" exchange office c.d.s. and blue "America uber Bremen Franco" entry handstamp; German May 31st backstamp; small sealed tear at right, minor stamp flaws, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
A STUNNING PATRIOTIC WITH A RARE DESIGN, MAILED TO GERMANY.
Magnus designs like this one are from a later period in the war when sales for all patriotics had fallen off dramatically; very few are known used (even the greatest of all patriotic groups, the Dr. Angell correspondence, had none from this Magnus series). A hospital pictorial was almost certainly part of the message being relayed by the sender; and to add to the Baltimore connection, this most likely sailed on the Inman Line's City of Baltimore on Apr. 25, 1863.
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| Realized $7,000 |
