The "Erivan" Collection of United and Confederate States Part V

"Monument to the Memory of Jeff Davis," dramatic design shows skeletal Jeff Davis standing atop a pyramid of skulls, cover franked with 1861 1c and 3c (63, 65), all tied by perfect strike of "New York June 25 1862" duplex, also straightline "Advertised" and "1" in circle rate marking, cover originally addressed to New Jersey and re-addressed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, tiny edge crack at top and repaired backflap, from the Wyman correspondence, Extremely Fine, a beautiful and colorful item described in the Bischel catalogue as "the ultimate patriotic cover" (Weiss C-SK 21a)rnProvenance: Jon Bischel (Nutmeg Sale 27, 2000)Union Patriotic Covers