Lot
1015 
Camp near Fort Ethan Allen, 118th Regt. N.Y. Vols., Col Samuel J. Richards, Commdg., Rosenthal Regimental patriotic design on legal-size cover bearing on reverse 1¢ blue (63), horizontal pair and four singles, all tied by strikes of Washington City cds showing all-over design, addressed to Captain A. Torrance in Hoboken N.J. and endorsed "Boat Princess" at bottom left; cover with light vertical file fold affecting left 1¢ stamp, F.-V.F. and rare Rosenthal Regimental patriotic design; with 2015 P.F. certificate. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.
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.