A Pair Of Wonderful Civil War Cdvs (Photographs)

Just got these two in today. Both are exceptional pieces, in my opinion.

The first is a very nice example of R17c (3-cent Playing Cards), which is fairly uncommon on a CDV. More importantly though, it is sound (most are not) and has wonderful deep color. The subject matter is military, which is always in demand.







Second is a piece that I hemmed and hawed over buying, but ultimately decided I had to own. It is currently the only reported example of R6e (2c Bank Check on green paper) on a CDV. I now have two examples of R6e on documents, but this is the nicer of the two.

Spectacular items! Both are in fantastic condition, subject matter, and great revs.

Wow Revenuecollector those are amazing!One question though, Why did they use the types of revenue stamps on these? I know why the taxes were imposed & paid, but the playing cards and bank check stamps are a rather odd usage are they not?

Matching usage was only required through December 25, 1862. Business owners rebelled at having to keep too many different types of revenues on hand, so that requirement was lifted.

Didn't know that? It's quite interesting but makes good sense. After-all, what would you do if you had to make a sale and didn't have said revenue stamp? Your business would suffer surely. Thank you for the information Dan.

Although it's rather a shame one cannot identify those pictured in the CDVs, it is interesting to note that both photographers (D.O. Furnald of Manchester, NH and Z.P. McMillen of Galesburg, IL), were included in an internet list of more than 200 of the most prolific photographers of the CDV period.

The first photographer, D(avid) O. Furnald of Manchester, NH lived there most all of his relatively long life. After his work as a photographer, he was later in the retail clothing business and toward the end of his career was an Assessor for the City of Manchester, NH:

With regard to matching usages, it was almost impossible for all but the largest East Coast cities to maintain all the stamps that might be needed on a regular basis. Even after the Dec 62 memo allowing interchangeable usages, playing cards and proprietary stamps could only be used on those specific types of articles. However they could be used interchangeably, so the use of a playing cards stamp on a photo was a legal usage.

picked up a photo some time ago ... this is the first i've seen here ... interesting ... Is there value in the picture because of the stamp or should the stamp be removed ?

Do not EVER remove a stamp from a photo or document. The item is always worth more (perhaps only marginally) than just the stamp by itself.