Lot 381
1863 US Civil War Store Card Boston Mass Fuld-115E-1a Rarity-5 NGC graded MS66 Red & Brown. Beautiful lustrous mint red fading to olive brown and chocolate with about half the mint color remaining. A flawless, sharply struck gem of the very popular "Good For A Scent" type from Boston die sinker Joseph Merriam. One of the finest known of the type. Once offered as a "Proof" strike from the famous collection of Colonel E. H. R. Green. Estimate Value $1,000 - UP
Ex World Exonumia Mail Bid Sale (Rich Hartzog) 6/29/1999:1583-Gene Heard Collection (lot ticket and Hartzog catalog description included).
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| Realized $2,820 |
