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January 2023
Our January 2023 sales include the "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part VIII, as well as a general sale of United States and worldwide stamps, covers, and collections.
LOT# : 133
Date: 01/17/2023 - 21:00
Confederate States General Issues
full framelines at right and bottom, tied by bold "Mobile Ala Aug 16" double circle datestamp to US 3c Red on buff Star die entire (U27), addressed to Miss Ellen A. Shackelford in Cedar Spring, Georgia, extremely fine adversity use of a 10c Frameline on a United States stamped envelope, address written in the hand of Shackelford's future husband Lieutenant George Washington Gift, who chaired the first meeting of the "Los Angeles Mounted Rifles" in March of 1861 and was hanged in effigy in Sacramento the same month this cover was sent
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Starting Price: $500
Hammer Price: $1,900