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EXTREMELY FINE. AN OUTSTANDING THREE-COLOR FRANKING ON A BEAUTIFUL UNION SAILOR AND FLAG PATRIOTIC COVER TO AUSTRIA FROM THE FAMOUS ANGELL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dr. Henry C. Angell was an optometrist who spent a considerable amount of time in Europe. Covers are known sent to him in France, Italy, England, Germany and Austria, plus a very few forwarded to other destinations. He was an art collector and undoubtedly appreciated the wide variety of Civil War patriotic envelopes mailed to him while he travelled abroad. In a New York Times article (March 6, 1897), Dr. Angell's name is mentioned in connection with the loan of seven works of art to an exhibition in Boston at Copley Hall, including two works by Corot.
This Magnus envelope depicting a sailor holding a Union flag, surrounded by an anchor, mariner's sextant, bale of cotton and barrel (symbols of commerce) is extremely rare in any type of usage. Its imagery, detail and simple monochromatic production value make it one of the most beautiful Civil War patriotic covers we have encountered.
Prepaid 28c for the Prussian Closed Mail rate to Austria, this cover was sent from Boston to Portland for the January 31 (1863) sailing of the Allan Line's Hibernian, which arrived at Liverpool on February 11. From there it traveled to Vienna via Aachen.
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VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL MAGNUS CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVER TO AUSTRIA FROM THE ANGELL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dr. Henry C. Angell was an optometrist who spent a considerable amount of time in Europe. Covers are known sent to him in France, Italy, England, Germany and Austria, plus a very few forwarded to other destinations. He was an art collector and undoubtedly appreciated the wide variety of Civil War patriotic envelopes mailed to him while he travelled abroad.
VERY FINE. A DESIRABLE MAGNUS PATRIOTIC COVER TO EUROPE FROM THE ANGELL CORRESPONDENCE.
This was carried on the May 3 sailing of the HAPAG Teutonia, arriving May 18. Dr. Henry C. Angell was an optometrist who spent a considerable amount of time in Europe. Covers are known sent to him in France, Italy, England, Germany and Austria, plus a very few forwarded to other destinations. He was an art collector and undoubtedly appreciated the wide variety of Civil War patriotic envelopes mailed to him while he travelled abroad.
VERY FINE. A RARE USE OF THE 1868 12-CENT Z GRILL ON A PATRIOTIC COVER TO IRELAND. THIS IS THE SECOND EARLIEST RECORDED USE OF THIS ISSUE.
After the conclusion of the Civil War in 1865, the use of patriotic stationery dropped significantly. Therefore, the stamps with grills, tested in 1867 and put into regular production in 1868, are extremely rare on Civil War Patriotic envelopes. This particular flag design is very unusual, as is the small envelope size, leading us to wonder if this was a leftover Civil War envelope or perhaps issued for another purpose. An extensive search of our auction and Levi records failed to find even one other example of this design.
With 1996 P.F. and 2002 A.P.S. certificates. (Image)
EXTREMELY FINE. A PHENOMENAL 1861 ISSUE COVER TO ITALY WITH 12-CENT AND 30-CENT STAMPS PREPAYING THE DOUBLE 21-CENT FRENCH MAIL RATE AND TIED BY THE FAMOUS UNION SOLDIER'S HEAD FANCY CANCELLATION OF NEW YORK CITY.
The 42c postage pays the double 21c rate to Italy by French Mail, and the stamps were cancelled at the New York foreign-mail exchange office with the Union Soldier's Head fancy cancellation. This is reportedly the only known example of the 12c 1861 on cover with this fancy cancel. Its creation and use in 1866 coincided with the return of soldiers from the Civil War. It is known on at least one domestic cover, but apparently the cancelling device migrated to the foreign-mail exchange office, where it was used to cancel stamps on mail to foreign countries. This explains why it is found on high values of the 1861-66 Issue, including the 10c, 12c, 15c, 24c, 30c and 90c denomination stamps off cover. Covers with this cancel are very rare, probably because European stamp collectors removed the high-value stamps from covers.
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