Lot Details
June 2023
"Erivan" Collection Part IX and Canal Zone Stamps and Covers
Our June sales include Part IX of the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History and a catalogue of Canal Zone stamps and covers featuring the collections of James W. Crumpacker and Paul F. Ammons.
Confederate States Patriotic Covers
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