(LINCOLN ABRAHAM) Postal campaign cover with a beardless Lin

Sale 2420 - Lot 178

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(LINCOLN, ABRAHAM.) Postal campaign cover with a beardless Lincoln and a railsplitting scene. Printed envelope, 3 x 5 1/2 inches, addressed to Amelia E. Slater; sealed and opened, without postal markings, minor soiling and corner wear, with enclosed letter. (MRS) New York: S. Raynor, Envelope Manufacturer, [1860]

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The cover shows the beardless presidential candidate over the text "President, Abraham Lincoln. Vice-President, Hannibal Hamlin." He is also shown splitting rails in front of a log cabin over the quote "Constitution and the Union--Harmony and Prosperity to all." The enclosed letter is from D.H. Melchado of the Bergen Tunnel Wide Awakes, who thanks Miss Slater for the "tricolor ribbon with the likeness of Lincoln and Hamlin" and sends an unnamed "musical instrument" in return. Provenance: Siegel's Manuscript Society auction, 28 May 1994, lot 3064.