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Do you own those Russ ? A pretty penny to acquire a collection like that, also a dream of mine. I love patriotic Civil war covers and those are gorgeous. |
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Stallzer, no I don't own them. Just some images I have of this collection that surfaced about 1920-25. |
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Nice material! FYI, Siegel Auctions has one of these Angell Patriotic Covers on their site with an estimate of $4000! I did take this brief bio off a couple of websites to better understand the background of Dr. Angell: Quote:
Henry Clay Angell (1829-1911):
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.
Angell graduated from Homopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1852 and like most ambitious doctors of the time, traveled to Europe to complete his studies, first at the General Hospital connected with the University of Vienna, and then at the Leopold Stadt Homopathic Hospital, also in Vienna. These postgraduate studies lasted a year after which he returned to Massachusetts and eventually settled in Boston. However, he returned to Europe in 1861 for a three and a half year sabbatical in ophthalmology, mostly under the tutelage of Professors Arlt and Jæger in Vienna, but also studying for about three months with Professor Von Græfe in Berlin. |
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Interesting story behind these covers is that a man tried to sell them to Scott Stamp and Coin in mid 1920's. They were not interested and sent him to a private collector who bought the 91 covers. The man said he had many more and would return the next day to sell more. He did not show and no other covers have turned up (to my knowledge). They are amoung the best international Civil War patriot covers ever found. I have seen a couple exhibited and they are stunning. I was able to obtain images of the entire 91 covers and they are addressed to several European countries and several have very interesting routing markings.
If anyone is interested I can post more.
edit: at auction these covers rarely sell for under $4000 and the highest that I know of is $24000. |
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An absolutely stunning collection! The artist's skill and attention to detail; the political statements ... too bad I'm not a poet. I can't say enough about these! |
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Posted 01/18/2011 02:43 am
Just Kidding.
