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Postal History Confederate Civil War Postal History General
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1222
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Mostly Confederate Civil War Postal History Group, approximately 50, better including #62X3 pair on cover to Grand Lake AR (1974 C.S.A. certificate), 3 Iindependent State/C.S.A. use of U.S. postage, a group of Handstamped Paids, C.S.A. stamps on cover including No. 1 on rare but faulty 12-star Confederate flag with cannon & verse patriotic (1980 P.F. certificate), 2b (signed Brian Green, with his letter), 2e (College Grove ms. postmark), 5 (pos. 45; 2005 A.P.E.X. certificate), 6 pair on C.S.A. 10-star flag & verse patriotic, 2 P.O.W. covers including one with C.S.A. #11 on "inside" envelope by Wharton S. Green, captured at Gettysburg and spent the rest of the war at Johnson's Island and became a Congressman from 1883-1887 (2018 A.P.E.X. certificate), few to military addresses, also includes a cut out from the Selma Alabama Sentinel begging citizens to save their urine for use at the local "Nitre Manufactory", and a cover franked by #26 from Cambridge Mass to West Chester PA featuring a pencil sketch of the Confederate Flag at left and "Geo. Washington" across the stamp with 1861 docketing, plus a few pre-war covers, mixed condition, also includes 3 books -- a signed 1929 Dietz catalog, Confederate Patriotic Stationery by Milgram and Kimbrough and Confederate States of America Philatelic Fakes, Forgeries and Fantasies of the 19th and 20th Centuries by Powell and Kimbrough, generally Very Fine, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 15 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Fancy Cancels Groups & Collections
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1230
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Cat No: Collection
Old-time fancy cancel collection 1881-1940, what separates this fancy cancel collection from most are the valuable stamps the cancels have been applied to, the stamps alone would justify a strong bid; issues include #7, 10, 17 (4), 32, 36 (3), 70 (10), 70a (5), 69 (3), 72 (3), 73 (10), 75 (2), 117 (3), 119, 121 (3), and much more; fancy cancels include Red postmarks, Blue postmarks, Diamond, Arrowhead, Bars, Crosses, Cross road crosses, Dated postmarks, Dots & dashes, Grid iron, Leaves, Paid, Pen cancelled, Stars, Squares, Segments, Targets, Four rings, Five rings, Wheels, Numbers in circles, Numerals, Numerals in ovals, Hat, Letters, Maltese Cross, and Wheels; also includes beeter covers and pastal entires, and a lovely Valentine envelope (missing flap) from Walpole NH; remarkable lot, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 4.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $5,000-7,500
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First Day Covers
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1223
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Day Lowry, Original Cachet Production Art - 21 Pieces, Production art for these cachets consists of original pen and ink drawings on 20" x 15" art board for #932, 933, 976, 987, 991-993, 1001, 1006, 1009, 1010, 1015, 1066, 1069, 1071, 1072, 1074, 1081, 1088, 1094 & 1097; do not miss out on owning a piece of Philatelic (and American) history used by Aristocrats; items include The National Capitol Sesquicentennial (Supreme Court) 3¢ Issue released in 1950, the B & O Railroad 3¢ Issue released in 1952, the Newspaper Boys 3¢ Issue released in 1952, the Wild Turkey Conservation 3¢ Issue released in 1956 and the Franklin D. Roosevelt 5¢ Issue released in 1945 to highlight only a few; definitely worth viewing, and perfect for an exhibit or hanging art for the study or stamp cave Shipping charges apply - weight 23.4 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $2,500-3,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1224
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Go Under Cover! Mostly US Accumulation of 20th Century First Day Covers and Postal History, Mostly US Accumulation of 20th Century First Day Covers and Postal History in 12 cartons. Many first day covers in albums or presentation binders. Multiple albums/binders of postal cards and postal stationery both mint and used. Multiple binders of Golden Replicas. Also several hundred postcards. Worldwide topicals spotted include Olympics and the Bicentennial. Includes several facsimile covers. Viewing will be rewarding. Shipping charges apply - weight 340 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1225
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Mountain of FDCs 1929-2003, a rolling cart towering with First Day Covers, Souvenir Pages, and FDC Ceremony Programs; of the 11,000 covers about 1,800 are 22k gold foil (most in albums), ArtCraft, House of Farnam, Artmaster, Ken Boll, Colorano Silk, and Stephen Anderson; approx 150 Souvenir Pages (nothing rare); and about 125 FDC Ceremony programs; clean with vast majority unaddressed, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 301.4 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1226
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A Century of First Days 1923-2024, at least 10,000 First Day Covers and event envelopes; 16 shoe boxes with FDCs including House of Farnum, ArtCraft, Velvetone, Rice, Grandy, Cachetcraft, Ken Boll, and others (perhaps 5% addressed and without cachet); album sets including Wildflowers of America, 1986 Presidents, Official Birds and Flowers, Norman Rockwell Classics, Celebrating the 20th Century, Golden Replicas, Signers of the Delaration, and several more; excellent 2 volume study of luminescent experimental tagged FDC (1963-1973) beginning with Airmail and ending with the Prominent American Series $5 Moore; material is clean and duplication is not excessive, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 230 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1227
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Cat No: 855
Batter up! 1939-1983, over 130 First Day Covers celebrating baseball; most are from 1939 (#855) with a few from 1969 (1381) and a handful from 1983 (2046); cachet makers include Grandy, Anderson, Third Artcraft, Bronesky, Heyl, Clifford, Washington Stamp Exchange, Detroit-Lugwig, House of Farnum, Fidelity, Grimsland, Torkel Gundel, Holland, Ioor, Linprint, and others; many are in a Showgard binder; a delight, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $500-750
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General Postal History by Year
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1229
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Warren/Parks family documents and correspondence, Tennessee and Texas, 1830's-1862, the holding begins with a May 20 1815 survey of land for Henry & Daniel Warren in Lincoln County Tenn. on Mulberry Creek, and consists of approximately 50 letters with a few stampless including an unlisted in ASCC manuscript cancel from Gum Creek Texas on April 2, 1850 FL datelined Jacksonville (per wikipedia, Jacksonville began in 1847 as the town of Gum Creek…The name of the post office was changed from Gum Creek to Jacksonville in June 1850.), a green "Camden Ark." circular datestamp with matching "5" in circle on Oct. 1853 FL (listed in ASCC only with 10¢), and an unlisted in ASCC manuscript cancel from White Hall NC on March 23 1835 FL, and a handful with envelopes with the stamp or indicia torn off or with the original indicia (3¢ Nesbitt or Star Die), the letters are mostly written by Parks family living in Waxahachie Texas to family members in Fayetteville Tennessee and mostly consist of news including deaths from disease, and the civil war era mention troops training nearby, etc., and the second binder consists of approximately 185 business related documents of Benjamin Warren, in 8½ x 11 inch sheet protectors in 2 3-ring binders; an interesting lot appearing on the market for the first time. Shipping charges apply - weight 5.6 lbs. Benjamin F. Warren (1816-1890), was the son of Henry Warren (1775-1846), who emigrated from North Carolina to Lincoln County, TN (https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Henry_Warren_(1775-1846)#Residences). Ben married Emily Parks (1825-1898; https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/philander-f-warren-24-1cj9r0). (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $800-1,200
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Ship Covers Waterway Agent Markings
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1228
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Cat No: Collection
Waterways Cover Collection, 35 including 3¢ Nesbitts to Germany; with blue "Cincinnati & Louisville Mail Route" cancel (Towle O-21-1; VI) to Pittsburgh, one with "St. Louis Keokuk S.B." cancel (Towle N-12-A; IX), 2 with "Steam" straightline, 5 covers with 3¢1851/1857 with Steam/Steamboat markings, 8 Mississippi River Vessel Named Markings including Steamers/Packets Anna Perret, Frolic, Leni Leotl (scarce), Lulu D. (scarce), Rapides, S.W. Downs, Vicksburg & Wild Wagoner, Long Island Sound Steamer Oregon, many stampless including "Ship Letter" hs on 1850 FL from Buenos Aires to Huth & Co. in London, mixed condition, generally Fine to Very Fine appearing group, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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State/Territorial Postal History South Carolina
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1231
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Cat No: south carolina
Pre-Civil War Charleston, South Carolina Postal History, 1847-61, 50+ envelopes either franked with adhesives or as postal entires; #1 4 margin on NY folded letter, #2 almost 4 margin with blue cancel from PA, US P.O. Despatch, Blood's Despatch, Blood's Penny Post, American Letter Mail Co, Confederate cover to Charleston, #92 used as drop rate in Charleston subsequently unclaimed, #64 on cover to NY (PF cert), and much more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,200-1,800
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1232
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Cat No: south carolina
South Carolina Stampless Mail, 1809-66, 60 interesting examples of correspondence sent from or to South Carolina (mostly Charleston); outgoing blockade cover (with Confederate Stamp Alliance cert) to Italy forwarded through London with appropriate transit markings and docketing, manuscript "12", with the envelope (sent under separate cover) from Savannah via Charleston to Nassau and on to England where it was placed in the British mails via France to Rome; STEAM BOAT mail (examples printed and manuscript), forwarded, 1844 SFL FREE from Beaufort SC to Washington, unpaid, a "Due 2" on Advertising wrapper that traveled by schooner, mail sent to Havana, London 1809 to Charleston SC and on to Providence RI (very early), business mail (mostly about cotton) from Great Britain, and much more; fascinating, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1233
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Cat No: south carolina
Post-War Charleston, South Carolina Postal History, 1871-1916, about 200 envelopes and postal cards mainly from the later 19th and earlier 20th century; marvelous Advertising and corner cards from bygone industries; cancels and auxiliary markings including RPO, ADVERTISED, UNCLAIMED, Postage Due, PAQUEBOT, Registered, MISSENT, and more; unlisted "New York Due 3 US Currency" on 1874 Spain to Charleston via British mail, cloth bag (letter package COLLECT TEN CENTS) from Great Britain, printed circular to Holland, mourning cover, corner card from Charleston stamp dealer of Confederates and Locals (1890), and others; much to enjoy, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1234
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Cat No: south carolina
Confederacy, South Carolina Confederate Postal History, 1861-65, about 50 pieces of better Civil War postal history with much originating in Charleston, SC; Paid 5¢ forwarded to Forks of Pigeon NC, turned cover with adhesives, several multicolor printed Patriotics, MISSENT addressed to Gen John Morgan in care of Gen Longstreet Charleston SC to Dalton GA forwarded to East TN, Aug 1864 envelope fashioned from a pre-war shipping invoice, Charleston Arsenal Official Business, Independent State Usage Charleston to Edinburgh Scotland via New York, forwarded Union mail by boat sailing from Long Island for soldier at Fortress Monroe, scarce 55th Mass Vols "Swamp Angel" printed cachet, and 17 better mint Patriotics including Magnus; powerful lot, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1235
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Cat No: south carolina
South Carolina Interstate Exposition, 1902, 28 items from the 1902 South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition held in Charleston; 5 envelopes including three all over maps (flag machine cancel, Charleston duplex, and scarce West Indian cancel) and two different from the Charleston Hotel; 6 magnificent engraved tickets in different colors and sizes; and 17 Private Mailing Cards (5 postally used) showing buildings from the exposition, one with a scarce promotional label; this would make an instant Single Frame winner for the collector who cares to exhibit, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $600-800
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1236
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Cat No: south carolina
South Carolina Railroad Post Office, 1894-1927, about 70 Railway Mail Service covers and postcards; includes Charotte & Atlanta, Asheville & Charleston, Charleston & Jacksonville, Green & Charleston, Washington & Charleston, Marion & Columbia, Marion & Kingston, Gibson & Sumter, Ehrhardt & Green, Columbia & Charleston, Augusta & Port Royal, Charleston & Clinton, Beattle & Seward, Burlington & Bluffton, and others, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $300-400
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1237
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Cat No: south carolina
South Carolina Postal History, 1870-1944, Approx 100 commercial envelopes and postal cards; mostly business corner cards with some better a few Advertising covers, Consular Mail (Cuba based in Charleston), Registered, cover to West Point instructor (1901), and a returned WII ballot (overseas address insufficient); enjoy, Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $200-300
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1238
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Cat No: south carolina
United States, SC postal history balance 1872-1932, about 50 items consisting of envelopes, postal and postcards, entires, and some ephemera; three stereo card dpicking Chareston, several Pay Warrants, panoramic postcards of Charleston, Advertising covers, RPOs, several turn of the century mint postcards depicting the USS South Carolina, and more, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $150-200
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Union Civil War Postal History Groups & Collections
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1215
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Mostly Union Civil War Postal History Group, 113 covers including rare Lincoln-Hamlin and Fremont embossed campaign covers, 10 Sanitary Commission, many to military addresses including Blockading vessels, free frank of Simon Cameron (secretary of War, 1861-1862), few interesting official business covers including "Office of Army Clothing and Equipage", "Department of the Cumberland, Office Chief of Army Police", and "Medical Purveyor's Office, U.S. Army, Fortress Monroe, Va." legal sized with pair of #68 & #63 to a ship's surgeon, P.O.W. covers with Fort Delaware and Camp Dennison markings, some with letters includes 2 better without their covers, and a few miscellaneous items, many have the consignor's notes; few faults but most sound, generally Very Fine, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $1,500-2,000
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Patriotic Covers
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1216
Symbol: *C
Cat No: Collection
Collection of over 1,340+ Unused Union Civil War Patriotic Covers, featuring many scarce designs, some identified by Walcott number, including strength in over 325 Magnus (mix of monochrome, multicolored, bronze/gold) including some all-over, and impressive groups of views, battle scenes, camp scenes, "maps and generals", "9th A.C." in gold (9), Rebel States (14; mix multicolor and gold/bronze), and three hospitals, also includes 29 Kimmel and nine Berlin & Jones; thematic concentrations including George Washington (32), Winfield Scott (24 including two Scott Comet), few Lincoln (including set of five rounds of Lincoln vs Davis boxing and two Lincoln Comet), McClellan including many all-over Magnus, US Flag, Females, Males, Caricatures, Ellsworth (13), other Military Leaders (80), Fremont (8), Rebel States, "The House that Uncle Sam Built" complete set plus six duplicates, regimentals, Upham States (24 different), handful of Walcott-unlisted; very minor duplication, and also includes a Weiss catalog with value guide and cross-index of Weiss numbers to Nutmeg Sale 27 lots (Bischel), fairly well organized in nine binders and pages containing another (118) items (included in the above total) of newer purchases, unattributed to manufacturer with consignor's notes on Post-Its; couple faults as always, generally Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 41.2 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video10 for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Video4 for this lot) (Video5 for this lot) (Video6 for this lot) (Video7 for this lot) (Video8 for this lot) (Video9 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $20,000-30,000
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1217
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Collection of 243 Used Union Civil War Patriotic Covers, featuring many scarce designs, most identified by Walcott number, including #92, 100 var, 214, 253, 262, 264, 300, 311, 345, 346, 348 (2), 369, 418, 514, 591, 616, 622, 624, 627, 634 (2), 655, 838, 854, 882 with #64b (1971 P.F. certificate), 882, 911, 921, 934, 942, 991, 999 hand-colored, 1008, 1182, 1186, 1195, 1208, 1304, 1309, 1356, 1378, 1390, 1406, 1488, 1540, 1541, 1546, 1669, 1744, 1757, 1759, 1851 var. (2015 P.F. certificate), 1910, 1934, 1956 var., 1987, 2018, 2062, 2132, 2153 var., 2160, 2167, 2259, 2265 var., 2279, 2307, 2311 var., 2323 (2), 2332, 2370, 2380 (with 2002 P.F. certificate), 2421, 2446, 2463, 2471, 2481 (2), 2491, 2494, 2516, 2605, 2624, 2664, 2690, 2715, 2723, 2726 (3), 2729 (2), 2767, 2828, 2851, 2917 var., 2921 var., 2940 (2), 2973, 2975 (#64; with 2000 P.F. certificate) 2995, 2996, 3006, 3008, 3026 (franked with three #24's; 1990 P.F. certificate), 3017 var., 3032, 3050, 3067, 3075 var., 3097, 3098, plus six with patriotic stickers, many regimentals, faulty #26A & 20L25 (2020 A.P.E.X. certificate), Death to Traitors with #26 tied by Columbus, Ohio prison bars cancel, 23 Howell's covers (plus one with 3¢ 1869 and one unused), three two-panel Magnus including one with Gen. Scott, handful of Walcott-unlisted; also includes a Walcott catalog with prices realized; mixed condition, generally Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 11.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Video3 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $40,000-60,000
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1218
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Charles Magnus Civil War Lettersheets with Imprints, 25, consisting of 17 8x10½ inch-sized with six multicolor designs consisting of Brooklyn City Hall, Armory Hospital (poor condition), Topographical Map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction (2; covering the entire page), and two different Harrisburg PA, plus 11 black-and-white designs consisting of "United-States Firemen," "Norfolk, Portsmouth Va." (3), "Birds-Eye View of Cincinnati", Cleveland, Rochester (2), Syracuse, and two different Troy NY, statement-sized with five multicolor designs including Portsmouth VA (with letter on reverse), Delaware two-part, and three different battle scenes, plus three black-and-white scenes ("marching", battle and camp; only "marching" with imprint), also includes one different multicolor of each size not Magnus. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $5,000-7,500
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1219
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Cat No: Collection
Civil War, Better patriotic used envelopes 1861-1865, 63 used Civil War patriotic envelopes (one front); very nice selection with very little (if any) duplication; a few have contents (including a fascinating one from 1861); condition varies but overall is decent; fully imaged, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.2 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)
Estimate $3,500-5,000
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Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1220
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Cat No: Collection
Mint Civil War Patriotic Cover Collection, 69, including 19 "Secesh Chain" by Magnus (7 color & 10 different B & W), 4 "One of the Rebels" design, "Annihilation to Traitors" in medallion with U.S. flags in red and blue (2), a large skull and crossbones with "J.D. his Marque" on oversized cover and on a cover front, a Rose of Washington with the outer cover, 8 with patriotic stickers, St. Louis branch of Sanitary Fair, Great Central Fair, handpainted racist design, Confederate including 10 with flags, 2 with Jeff Davis and Alexander Stephens in all-over designs, many multicolored, minor duplication, few faults as always, mostly Very Fine, fully imaged online. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
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Song Sheets
Sale No: 851
Lot No: 1221
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Cat No: 2
64 Charles Magnus Civil War Multicolored Song Sheets, 57 different and seven duplicates, consisting of "Victory At Last". "The Army and Navy for ever", "A Yankee Man-of-War" (2), "Mother, I've Come Home to Die", "The Flag with the Thirty-Four Stars" (3; 2 different), "The Veteran's Song", "I Dreamed My Boy Was Home Again", "Pretty Sally" (2), "The Battle-Cry of Freedom", "Brave Boys", "The Captain of the Provost" (2 different), "Grafted into the Army" (8 different with camp scenes and 4 with generals and maps (3 different)), "Viva L'America" (5; 3 different), "When this Cruel War is Over" (with part for a letter), "The Constript's Lay", "The Union Marseillaise", "Kingdom Coming", "Darkey Conscript", "Deal with me Kindly" (with part for a letter), "Marching Along No. 2", "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoner's Hope", "I would not die in Spring", "Who Will Care for Mother Now", "Mother, Dear, I'm Thinking of You", "The Jockey Hat and Feather", "Her Bright Smiles Haunt Me Still", "The Drummer of Antietam", "Draw the Sword, Northland" (2), "Bonnie Blue Flag", "Washington Star of the West", "The Female Auctioneer", "Is it Anybody's Business?", "Dearest Spot on Earth to me is Home, Sweet, Home", "Jack Lannigan's Wake", "Weep not, Conrades, for me", "In our own dear Homes again", "Ye Sons of the North", "A Soldier is my Beau", "Home without a Mother", "The Bill-Posters Dream, or Cross Readings", and "Give us Back our old Commander", also includes 8 non-Magnus (most of which look like a Magnus); couple with faults as always. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)
