Cover w/ two 3¢ Washington #65 (one damaged), tied by target & July 16, 1864 Port Royal, SC cds, sent from military artist Xanthus Smith to his father in Jenkintown, PA; Smith was involved in the naval blockade of Charleston & went on to produce many sketches & paintings of Civil War ships & events; an art bklt on X. Smith produced by Schwartz Gallery (Philadelphia 1999) included with lot; F+ (Image)

Est. $100-140 LE

(7) mailed & (8) unmailed Patriotics, stamped w/ #65s, couple w/ contents, soiled to like new, incl flags & shields, McClellan, Camp Dennison, cannon, eagles, "To Richmond," gen F+ (Image)

Est. $150-200 LE

(6) CW related cvrs, incl (2) Union Patriotics w/ 3¢ Washingtons, flag design & McClellan portrait; (2) soldiers letters, a US Christian Commission env mailed from Philadelphia to Mass Jan 1865 & an embossed US Sanitary Commission env, written on but not mailed; (2) Confederate envs both w/ #12 tied by indistinct cancels (black & blue), (1) is margin example w/ wide margin; F+ (Image)

Est. $150-200 SE