Sale 2486, Part I - The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana, September 27, 2018

33 c   (EPHEMERA.) Group of 18 New York newspapers from Lincoln’s first presidential campaign and inauguration. Various sizes and conditions. New York, 1860-61 [600/900] New York Times, containing a colorful blurb on Lincoln as a rail splitter on page 6, 18 January 1860 * 2 issues of the New York Times, with small ads on page 5 for the upcoming Cooper Union speech, 22 and 27 February 1860 * New York Tribune, with a small front-page ad for the upcoming Cooper Union speech, 22 February 1860 * New York Tribune with full report of the Cooper Union speech on page 6, but in poor condition, 28 February 1860 * New York Herald on the Republican convention, 18 May 1860 * Lowville (NY) Journal & Republican with a full illustrated Republican ballot reproduced on page 2, 31 October 1860 * New York Herald with election returns, 7 November 1860 * 9 issues of the New York Herald and New York Tribune with coverage of Lincoln’s inauguration journey, February 1861 * New York World, with coverage of inauguration, 5 March 1861. with —3 newspapers on the beginning and end of the war: Boston Daily Evening Traveller, 19 April 1861, New York Herald, 19 April 1865, and Cincinnati Daily Gazette, 22 April 1865 and a modern reprint of all 20 issues of the Campaign Plain Dealer, a Douglas paper, from June to November 1860. 34 34 c   (EPHEMERA.) Group of 10 unused patriotic covers relating to Lincoln and the war. Each about 3 x 5 1 / 2 inches; various conditions. Np, circa 1861-65 [400/600] Upham. “Star of the North, or the Comet of 1861” * “A.L. His Mark,” depicting Lincoln’s boot on the posterior of Jefferson Davis (2 copies) * “Union Forever” * “Owe Ever, Pay Never—Design for a New Coin of the C.S.A.” * Dual portrait of Lincoln & Hamlin, with Lincoln based on the 1858 German photo * Raynor. “Constitution and Union, Harmony and Prosperity to All,” with scene of Lincoln splitting rails before a log cabin * Upham. “General Scott Killing the Secession Hydra” * Bell. “U.S.A., Old Abe, the Man for the Times” * Magee. “The Fence that Uncle Abe Built.” with —a group of 30 Lincoln first-day covers and other related philatelic items, 1958-2013.