Lot
603 
Great Western Sanitary Fair, Cincinnati, O. Good Samaritan illustrated Fair Design in black on orange cover with Officers' names & donation instructions, franked with 1861 3¢ (tiny defects) tied by blue "Cincinnati, O." double circle postmark with matching grid cancel, cover with original printed enclosure in purple, "Circular of the Committee on War Memorials, Relics and Curiosities.", which states in part, "The special duty of the Committee, which now addresses you, is the collection and arrangement of War memorials, relics and curiosities, the care of such articles as may be sent for exhibition and the sale of such as may be donated for the benefit of the Commission, embracing Trophies of the present Rebellion, or of any former war, the battle-stained and bullet-riddled flags of our own noble Regiments, the captured colors of the Rebels, balls, shells, torpedoes, swords, or any other memorials of our contests on land or water; Indian relics, curiosities from foreign countries; objects illustrating the natural productions and natural history of our own or other lands; rare or unique coins, autographs, manuscripts, books, & c. Anything, indeed, which will give an interst or prove an attraction to our Rooms, or by their sale or exhibition further the great object of the Fair.", Very Fine, a rare design of which less than ten are known. Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $575