Sale 36: The Winter Sale

Lot 522    

Rebel Army "Rations". Caption below caricature patriotic design showing soldiers and molasses barrels, on cover franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red canceled by blue grid handstamp, matching "Swanton, Vt., Aug 26" cds, with original red and blue patriotic border enclosure; cover slightly reduced at right, Very Fine, a rare patriotic design, ex Bischel.
Scott No. 26    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $325

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Lot 523    

Liberty and "Red Tape" Snake. Red and blue caricature design with "The Modern Laocöon" caption and J.M. Whittemore & Co. imprint at left, on cover franked with 1857, 3¢ dull red with guideline s.e. at left, tied by grid cancel with red "Boston, Mass., Jul 11" cds, addressed to patriotic design publisher J. Magee in Philadelphia, Extremely Fine, a very scarce design, ex Bischel.
Scott No. 26    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $900

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Lot 524    

Flag. Red and blue design with "God Save The Union" caption below, on circular rate cover to Lowell, Mass. franked with 1861, 1¢ blue, type I tied by New York cds; stamp with trivial faint scoring line, still Very Fine; with 1982 and 2008 P.F. certificates.
Scott No. 18    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $350

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Lot 525    

Flag. Red and blue design on small cover to Canton, Me., franked with manuscript cancelled 1857, 1¢ blue, type V, pair and single with matching "Carthage, Me., Nov 5" postmark tying single, Very Fine.
Scott No. 24    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $200

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Lot 526    

Flag and Liberty on Globe. Red and blue design with "Onward to Victory" slogan at top, on 1862 cover franked with 1861, 3¢ rose tied by Annapolis, Md. cds, original enclosure with blue George Washington portrait letterhead design, Very Fine.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $450

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Lot 527    

Alligator. Patriotic design with "Beef for the Rebels" caption below, on cover franked with 1861, 3¢ rose tied by "New York, Jan 2" cds and cork cancel; cover slightly reduced at left, Very Fine, a very scarce design.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $200 - 300.

Realized: $170

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Lot 528    

Eagle and Flag. Red and blue design with slogan below, on cover to the Treasury Department in Washington D.C., franked with manuscript canceled 1861, 3¢ rose with matching "Bolivar, N.Y., Jany 2" postmark, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $60

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Lot 529    

Washington. Red and blue portrait design with "Union" slogan and eagle allegory, on cover franked with 1861, 3¢ rose tied by "Cleveland, O., May 28" cds and grid cancel, Very Fine.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $120

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Lot 530    

Flag. Red and blue design on cover to Elmira, N.Y., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose (s.e. at left) tied by New York cds and grid duplex, Very Fine.
Scott No. 65    Estimate $100 - 150.

Realized: $100

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Lot 531 /o   

Patriotic Cover Group. 5 red and blue Flag related covers, two unused; used including #26 cover with Flag and Soldier design, #65 cover with Flag, Liberty on Eagle design, Liberty and Flag design on Senator H. Wilson free frank cover, unused (mounting remnants) with Jeff Davis' "Necktie" noose and hanging Davis "Fate of Traitors!" designs, Very Fine overall.
Estimate    $150 - 200.

Realized: $190

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