Lot 2060
Great Central Fair For the Sanitary Commission, illustrated battlefield imprint with "Delaware Department, Wilmington." imprint at left, on cover to Bridgeville, Del., franked with 1861, 3¢ rose, top margin single canceled by grid handstamp and tied by "Wilmington, Del, Jun 21" cds postmark during the Philadelphia fair; slight cover edge wear, Very Fine, one of two known illustrated fair usages from the Delaware Department and The Only Recorded Example of the Delaware Department Printed Imprint, illustrated in Kantor Sanitary Fairs (page 151), ex-Kantor.Scott No. 65 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Realized: $1,400