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Item# 17366
Price: $3,000
CSA 8, 2¢ brown red tied RICHMOND / VA. // MAY / 20 cds on Northern Patriotic of Liberty and Shield design, stamp roughly separated at right, flap faults, some small sealed tears of which extend over the top edge, signed “OK / Dietz” on verso, addressed to “Miss Annie V. Howle, Care Thomas R. Howle, Eagle Machine Works, Richmond, Va.” Ex Dr. Griffin Frazier (1957), Morris Everett (1993) and Haub, 1977 CSA Certificate. $3,000.
Eagle Machine Works, a maker of steam engines and saw mills, among other products, was in business in 1851. It burned down in the great fire in Richmond in 1865, but was rebuilt by the founder’s son. Article about this cover and Eagle in my October 2017 column in the American Stamp Dealer & Collector.
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