Lot
1157 
1901 Department of State U.S.A. Mourning Envelope for President McKinley Assassination, legal-size Official imprint blue mourning cover bearing 15¢ olive green (284), surface scuff, tied by "Washington, D.C., Sep 23 1901" machine cancel to Gotha, Germany at three times the 5¢ UPU rate, Oct. 2nd arrival backstamp, black Department wax flap seal, original enclosure no longer accompanies; some edge wear, a Very Fine use. Estimate $300 - 400.
William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was assassinated on September 6, 1901 inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He was shaking hands with the public when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died six days later on September 14 of gangrene caused by the gunshot wounds. He was the third American president to have been assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881. This cover is mailed only 9 days after McKinley's death.
Realized: $525