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Union Patriotic Cover with Soldier & Cannon Cachet
Object Details
- Description
- The envelope, postmarked Old Point Comfort, Virginia, December 22, bears a cachet of a soldier guarding a cannon with the camp in the background. Design in red, white, and blue. Printer not known.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1861-1865
- Object number
- 1992.2002.35
- Type
- Covers & Associated Letters
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 8 x 14 cm (3 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Laurence Catalog L1952
- Scott Catalogue USA 65
- Topic
- Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
- Record ID
- npm_1992.2002.35
- Usage
- CC0
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