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“Our Army & Navy - Gen. Butler, Gen. Stringham”, portraits in ovals with naval battle scene between, all-over design in gray green, addressed to Dr. Henry C. Angell in Vienna, Austria on reverse with unusual franking of 1860 12c Black (36B), 1861 1c Blue (63), and five 1861 3c Rose pink (64b, one with blunted perfs from placement), all tied by black Boston “Paid” in grid, red “Boston Br. Pkt. 7 Paid Sep 24” also ties two stamps, red boxed “Aachen 8 10 Franco”, Vienna arrival handstamp on design side, Extremely Fine, a spectacular cover from the Angell correspondence Provenance: Katherine Matthies (R.A. Siegel Sale 353, 1969) $ 1,500 E R I VA N
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