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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR—PATRIOTIC COVERS—CONFEDERATE.)
Eight Star Confederate flag design with “Jeff. Davis/ A. H. Stephens,” made by
Wm. Rogers Stationers, Memphis Tenn. Unused. * [with] A Similar, Northern
printers’ response, or version dubbed the “Pirate Flag” inside the stars.
The sec-
ond cover bears two 3-cent brown Washington stamps, “Harpers’ Ferry, April 17, 1862”
cancel on the left corner of the stamp; some mounting remnants on reverse. Bearing a long
pencil note on the reverse from the noted collector, Gordon Bleuler.
Tennessee and Northeastern printers, circa 1861-1865
[800/1,200]
A RARE PAIR OF COVERS
,
FROM THE COLLECTION OF PREMIERE PHILATELIST GORDON
BLEULER
,
WITH HIS PENCIL REMARKS ON THE REVERSE OF THE
“
PIRATE FLAG
.”
The copying
of designs by one side by the other was unusual, making this pair quite rare.