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A Unique Variant?

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 375.00 USD
A Unique Variant?
Lilac cornercard cartoon, "Ye Compliments of Master Jeff," depicting caricatured Beauregard dipping his three-cornered hat, holding a placard "Burn your Cotton," as flames consume buildings in the background. Captioned, "Beauregard making his proclamation." Scott #65 rose, complete full-black Nashville c.d.s., Jul(y) 16, 1863. To Seabury Soule, New Albany, Ind. Old pencil notation on verso, "W.M. Rawlins, 5-2-(19)39...Not listed in Laurence"; the dealer's hand may be recognizable to a philatelic old-timer. Light marginal staining and wear, slight rounding wear at two lower tips, else about very good. Also unlisted in Weiss. An intriguing find, off the market since the 1960s; the only other finding of this design is a red variant, stamp with short perfs, in a 1964 Robert A. Siegel sale of "A Grand Award Winning Collection of Civil War Postal History," even then termed "a scarce design."