Lot
1101 
1861, 1¢ blue, horizontal pair and four singles, all tied by Washington City circular datestamps on legal-size Rosenthal Regimental patriotic cover with reverse showing all-over design titled "Camp near Fort Ethan Allen, 118th Regt. N.Y. Vols., Col Samuel J. Richards, Commdg.", addressed to Captain A. Torrance in Hoboken N.J. and endorsed "Boat Princess"; cover with light vertical file fold affecting left 1¢ stamp, F.-V.F., a rare Rosenthal Regimental patriotic design; with 2015 P.F. certificate. Weiss No. RE-L25. Scott No. 63 Estimate $2,500 - 3,500.
A series of oversize envelopes with Regimental designs were produced by the L.N. Rosenthal Lithographic Company of Philadelphia, with designs of various Army Camps depicted on the backs of the covers. These attractive and rare designs are highly prized by Civil War Patriotic Cover collectors. They are especially rare postally used, and one contention is that they really were not produced for public use, rather were presentation pieces to ranking officers in the Potomac Army, and their non-typical large size tends to bear that opinion out.