Lot
3866 
Confederacy, "Our Homes" Patriotic, the second rarest of all Confederate patriotics next to the Hanging Lincoln; elaborate allegorical scene over entire left end of envelope: Confederate soldier defending home, family and 11-star flag with "Our Homes" in upper panel and Northern pointing the way to a negro carrying a bundle and flag in the lower panel with broken bust of Lincoln, horn-of-plenty and "Protection", slightest tone specks of no consequence, otherwise Superb, This is New Dietz type MS-2 and catalog $5,000 over 20 years ago for a used example when the "Hanging Lincoln" cataloged $6,000 - the second largest catalog value by a long shot, Malpass felt this was the only unused example, however, one sold in a large lot at the recent Bleuler sale with the same notation, unless there are more out there, these are the only two known. Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $2,600