Auction Detail
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.
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all-over design in gray-blue, depicting Jeff Davis as a mule when turned upside-down, Rogers imprint, two 3c Rose (65) tied by "Philatelphia Pa May 3 1862" datestamp, addressed to Boston, "Due 3" handstamp alongside, very fine and attractive
all-over red and blue patriotic design with Liberty astride an eagle and draped flags, rare "Soldier's Letter, 1st. Regt. Douglas Brigade" circular handstamp endorsed by Major Nathan H. Walworth, Cairo, Illinois datestamp and "Due 3" in circle, reduced at bottom and small stain, otherwise very fine and rare
blue on white cutout from a patriotic envelope pasted onto an orange envelope, 3c Rose (65) tied by "Paid" in circle with "Manitowoc Wis Aug 27 1863" datestamp alongside, additionally with manuscript "The Union Forever, Long May She Wave", addressed in striking penmanship to "Lieut. F. W. Borcherdt, Co. D 21st Rgt. Wis. Vols., Murfreesboro Via Nashville Tenn.", affixed to black construction paper, otherwise very fine and certainly unique
Provenance: Jon Bischel (Nutmeg Sale 27, 2000)
verse at left of waving American flag facing right, red and blue patriotic design on cover to Paris, France, 3c Dull red and 12c Black (26, 36) tied by black grid with red "Boston Paid 3 Apr 26" datestamp alongside, 3c also tied by red boxed "PD", French entry and several backstamps, very fine and attractive
red and blue design on cover to Milford, New Hampshire, 3c Pink (64) with blue straightline "Paid" and "Andover Depot Mass. Oct 23" double circle datestamp alongside, cover and top of stamp with barest trace of toning, very fine and attractive
Provenance: Jon Bischel (Nutmeg Sale 27, 2000)
red and blue patriotic design with Richards imprint on 1864 cover to Trier, Germany, franked with 5c Buff and 10c Green (67, 68) tied by red grids with matching "New York Hamb. Pkt. Paid 12 Sep 17" datestamp alongside, black straightline "Franco", appropriate backstamps, light overall aging, very fine and attractive, signed Ashbrook who confirms the 5c as Buff
verse at top of blue and red arch patriotic design on cover to Weedsport, New York, 3c Rose (65) tied by March 23 Palmyra, New York duplex, Magee imprint at left, barely reduced at right, very fine and choice
waving flag patriotic design with "T.C. Boyd, 310 Montgomery St., San F." imprint, franked with 10c Green (35) tied by "San Francisco Cal Jul 25 1861" datestamp, addressed to West Cambridge, Massachusetts, very fine and rare patriotic design manufactured in California
captured Union patriotic design in black depicting George Proctor Kane, "Jackson Miss. Sep 23 1862" datestamp and arced "Due 10" (Type F), on cover addressed to Saltillo, Mississippi "Care of Capt. Hoskins, Co. A, 38th Regt Miss Vol", small faults including repaired edges and corners, affixed to black construction paper, very fine appearance, an unusual captured patriotic usage
As the Marshal of the Baltimore City Police Department, George Proctor Kane played a pivotal role in the Baltimore Riot of 1861. His strong and outspoken Confederate sympathies led to his arrest and imprisonment at numerous facilities including Fort McHenry and New York's Fort Lafayette. Upon his release in 1862 he moved to Montreal, before running the blockade and arriving in Richmond in 1864. It has been suggested that he was an acquaintance of John Wilkes Booth, and it was feared in 1861 that Kane might have involvement in an assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln upon his inauguration. Despite his checkered past, in the 1870s he served as both Sheriff and Mayor of Baltimore.
red and blue patriotic design of tent and 11-star flag, Reynolds imprint, addressed to Williamsburg, Virginia, "Richmond Va Aug 31 1861" datestamp and matching two-line "Paid 5Cts" (Type F), cover lightly cleaned and affixed to black construction paper, very fine and attractive, the "Davis Invincibles" name was used by Company D of the 18th Infantry Regiment from Dougherty County, Georgia
red and blue patriotic design with hand holding 11-star flag, franked with horizontal left margin pair of 1861 5c Green (1) tied by bold "Tudor Hall Va. Feb 24 1862" datestamp, addressed to Griffin, Georgia, very fine and fresh, a gem
Francis S. Bartow was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, after which point he became an inaugurating member of the Confederate Provisional Congress. It was in Savannah on May 21, 1861 that he delivered his most famous phrase, "I go to illustrate Georgia", to a group of soldiers assembled to travel to the frontlines in Virginia. Bartow would be killed at the First Battle of Bull Run.
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