Lot
1715 
Scott's Extinguisher! humorous caricature design depicting Winfield Scott and Jefferson Davis, on fresh cover to Newcastle, Ind. franked with 1861, 3¢ rose tied by blue diamond grid handstamp, matching "Richmond, Ind., Jul 9" cds alongside; cover with the barest of reduction at right, Very Fine and choice; with 2022 P.S.A.G. certificate.Scott No. 65 Estimate $600 - 800.
This scarce Union patriotic cover from the first two months of the Civil War features a scarce early design showing Union General Winfield Scott putting a large cone with American Flag on it over Jefferson Davis and a Southern compatriot hauling the barrel of a cannon, with palmetto tree in the background.Davis is seated at a table and has just placed two bags of money on top of it. His Anaconda Plan was to choke the south with a naval and land blockade to help destroy the Confederate will and commerce.