Mar 21, 2013 - Sale 2308

Sale 2308 - Lot 418

Price Realized: $ 1,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) PATRIOTIC COVERS--CONFEDERATE. C.S.A. Our Throne. A nearly pristine example with the original glue on the flap. Charleston: J.Mullen, circa 1864

Additional Details

A rare cover depicting Jefferson Davis seated on a bale of cotton with the caption "Cotton defeated Packenham, (a reference to the battle of New Orleans) cotton will defeat Ape Lincoln. This is only the second known whole example of this cover.