dramatic Confederate patriotic design showing Abraham Lincoln hanging by his feet with his rail tie and axe hanging from his neck as Winfield Scott looks on, franked with 5c Green (1) tied by blue "Nashville Ten. Jan 4" (1862) datestamp, addressed to Camden, Mississippi, imprint at bottom left reads "Copyright claimed, HM&WC, Box 417 Nashville Tenn.", small repairs along right edge, very fine, one of just 12 recorded examples of the famous "Hanging Lincoln" patriotic cover which is the most famous of all Civil War patriotic designs, only two of which are franked with 5c Green general issues, an extraordinary rarity