green and black all-over design with portraits of Colonels Corcoran, Mulligan, and Meacher, free-franked "R.H. Duell MC" (R. Holland Duell, congressman from New York State), black "Washington D.C. Mar 28 1862", addressed to Oaksville, New York, Upham imprint on reverse, extremely fine, a spectacular patriotic design, Toaspern backstamp
Provenance: Jon Bischel (Nutmeg Sale 27, 2000)