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**Presidential Campaigns and Memorabilia: Washington thru 1860 Election continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
1964		Election of 1856. 19 items, John C. Fremont group includes No. 11 on campaign corner card cover to Boston, four silk campaign ribbons for Fremont and Dayton, Republican electors ticket for Fremont and broadside for speech at Lyceum Hall, Salem Mass., range of "No Nothing" party items for Fillmore and Donelson incl. four silk ribbons and newspaper clippings, also portrait of Fillmore with cut-out free frank mounted below, finally two silk ribbons and printed electors for the winner of the election James Buchanan, wonderful group of material from the last election accepted by both North and South Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $2,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
1965		3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Choice centering with centerline margin at right, tied by 5-bar grid in octagonal frame, same cancel used to tie Breckenridge three-quarter portrait and "Equality of State Rights" purple label, Rickey Mallory & Co. of Cincinnati imprint, "Montgomery Ala. Oct. 17, 1860" circular datestamp (18 days prior to election) on buff cover to Kinsale Va., sender's notation below label "Breck.", Milgram JBK-1 (this cover illustrated on p. 124 from Walcott sale photo), neatly docketed, slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, Rickey Mallory & Co. published a wide variety of campaign cartoons, envelopes and labels, their Breckinridge label is very scarce, and this tied example is almost certainly unique -- used in October 1860 at Montgomery, where four months later the seven seceded states would form the new Confederate States government -- ex Walcott and Knapp (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $2,500.00 Will close during Public Auction
1966		(Meadows of Dan, Virginia -- Confederate Use of Bell-Everett Campaign Cover) "M of Dan Octo 1". Manuscript Meadows of Dan, Virginia, postmark and "Paid 5" Condederate rate on cover with John Bell three-quarter portrait with flags, eagle and shield, Raynor imprint, Milgram JBL-14, addressed to "Mr. William Smith, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, Virginia, in care of Captain J. T. Lawson, 50 Regiment, Floyd's Brigade", edgewear, still Fine and of the greatest rarity, this Raynor format was used for other candidates, but the John Bell design is extremely rare -- this use in the Confederate postal system with military address is probably unique (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,100.00 Will close during Public Auction
1967		3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Tied by "Winchester Ind. Jan. 10" (1861) circular datestamp on brown cover to Rochester O. with Stephen A. Douglas "The Cabinet Maker of 1861" campaign design, three-quarter portrait of Douglas and depiction of cabinet maker, quotes and advertising for subscription to the Western Gleaner and copies of "Douglas Songsters", Tibbitts of Cleveland imprint, Milgram SD-42, some edgewear and two slightly eroded adhesive spots on back where previously mounted in album, still Fine, this is the best-known and one of the rarest of the Douglas campaign designs for the 1860 election (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,200.00 Will close during Public Auction
1968		North Georgetown O. Oct. 8 (1860). Unusual large dotted-circle datestamp boldly struck on Stephen Douglas three-quarter portrait in frame with name in ribbon campaign cover to Berne, Switzerland, manuscript "42" due rate (double 21c), sender's ship-name directive "Steamer Arago to Havre 13 Oct/60", "New York 24 Oct. 13" debit datestamp, partly visible Havre transit datestamp, Havre-Paris (Oct. 26, 1860) transit and Bern receiving backstamps, red manuscript due marking, tear at upper left touches oval of design, otherwise Very Fine, any campaign cover addressed to Europe is rare, this 1860 Douglas cover is truly outstanding (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction
1969		3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Intense color, tied by blue "Burlington Nov. 24, 1860" circular datestamp on cover to Montpelier Vt. with "Our Flag is There" Douglas and Johnson campaign design, Courier Office imprint, Milgram SD-47, fresh and Extremely Fine, a rare design published by the Courier newspaper in Rutland Vt. (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $1,900.00 Will close during Public Auction
1970		3c Dull Red, Ty. III (26). Rich color, tied by partly readable strike of "East Poultney Vt." circular datestamp on cover to Whitehall N.Y. with Stephen A. Douglas three-quarter portrait with flags, eagle and shield and quote at top, Raynor imprint, Milgram SD-39, Very Fine, this Raynor format was used for several candidates, the Douglas-Johnson campaign design is rare (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction
1971		Confederate States, 5c Blue, Local (7). Vertical pair, large margins to slightly in, couple of tears, tied by partly readable "Selma Ala." circular datestamp on yellow cover to Macon Ala. with embossed Douglas and Johnson campaign design, "Popular Sovereignty/Non-Intervention for North or South" party slogan on front, candidates names on flap (misspelled "Douglass"), sender's manuscript notation "Teleg. Dept. Ch box 33" indicating this originated at a telegraph office in Selma, dampstains and some wear, still Fine, very rare Confederate use of 1860 campaign envelope and especially desirable with the telegraph endorsement (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 500-750 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
1972		Election of 1860. Group of 24 items representing the non-Lincoln participants in the 1860 election, including Breckenridge campaign cover franked with 3c 1857, two other embossed Breckenridge campaign corner card covers, group of unused illustrated Breckenridge and Douglas covers (former stamped "traitor"), National Democratic Committee letter, several John Bell and Constitutional Union Party items including Bell signed letter, Stephen A. Douglas items including signed letter, silk ribbons, electors ticket, others, finally a couple C.S.A. Jefferson Davis 1861 presidential items and a Stonewall Jackson mourning ribbon, nice group from the losers in this monumental election Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. $ 750-1,000 SOLD for $3,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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