Lot
2460 
The Late Col. E.D. Baker, patriotic mourning design with draped flag & slogan "Hero, Patriot, Statesman", on cover to Oxford, N.Y. franked with 1861 3¢ rose tied by "Princeton, N.J., Dec 11" cds, S.C. Upham imprint on backflap, Very Fine, a very rare & spectacular design; with 2016 P.F. certificate. Scott No. 65 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Edward Dickinson Baker served as U.S. Army colonel during both the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Baker was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff while leading a Union Army regiment, becoming the only sitting senator to be killed in the Civil War.
Realized: $1,000