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VERY FINE. AN ATTRACTIVE CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVER TO FRANCE FROM THE FAMOUS ANGELL CORRESPONDENCE.
Dr. Henry C. Angell was an optometrist who spent a considerable amount of time in Europe. Covers are known sent to him in France, Italy, England, Germany and Austria, plus a very few forwarded to other destinations. He was an art collector and undoubtedly appreciated the wide variety of Civil War patriotic envelopes mailed to him while he travelled abroad. In a New York Times article (March 6, 1897), Dr. Angell's name is mentioned in connection with the loan of seven works of art to an exhibition in Boston at Copley Hall, including two works by Corot.
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VERY FINE. A SPECTACULAR CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVER TO FRANCE FROM THE FAMOUS ANGELL CORRESPONDENCE.
FRESH AND VERY FINE. A BEAUTIFUL AND EXCEPTIONALLY CHOICE DOUBLE-RATE CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVER TO FRANCE FROM THE ANGELL CORRESPONDENCE.
VERY FINE. A MAGNIFICENT AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE COVER WITH TWO 15-CENT LINCOLN STAMPS PAYING THE TREATY RATE TO FRANCE AND EQUIVALENT SUPPLEMENTARY MAIL FEE.
Supplementary Mail service provided for special handling of letters received after the mails for a scheduled steamer departure had closed. For a fee equivalent to the postage, a Supplementary Mail letter would be taken on board a ship at the docks just prior to sailing. Although the 15c Lincoln stamp is quite often found on treaty rate covers to France, it is rarely seen on Supplementary Mail covers. This example shows the use of red ink for all of the markings, including the cancellations, in contrast with non-Supplementary Mail, which was typically cancelled with black ink. (Image)