The "Andromeda" Collection of U.S. Bank Note Issue Covers

**Domestic Illustrated Covers**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
2001		1c Ultramarine (156). Bright shade, tied by segmented cork cancel and "New Orleans La. Jan. 20 2 P.M." duplex datestamp on yellow cover to Cokerville Ala. with Odell & Wright Cotton and Sugar Factors illustrated advertisement depicting African-Americans in the field, red imprint at lower right and additional text on back, Extremely Fine, a fantastic design used within a decade of the Civil War but leaving no doubt about who the Southern cotton growers expected to work in the fields (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
2002		3c Green (158). S.e. at left, tied by indistinct circular datestamp on cover to Watkins N.Y. with "Vote as you pray!" temperance propaganda design, illustration of drunken debauchery in a bar, caption "Vote only for men who are publicly pledged to suppress all Groggeries", small repair at upper right corner and stamp has small fault, still Fine, extremely rare temperance design (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
2003		3c Green, Grill (136). H. Grill, s.e. at left, tied by blue 5-bar rectangular grid, faint matching Chicago Ill. circular datestamp on "Montgomery Queen's Menagerie, Circus and Hippodrome" illustrated circus cover to New York City, slightly exaggerated advertising claim "A Specimen of Every Beast, Bird and Reptile That can be procured in Europe, Asia, Africa & America", small mended nick at top left and small piece of backflap missing, still Very Fine, rare circus design, scarce 3c Grill use and attractive "Chicago Blue" cancel (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
2004		1c Gray Blue (206). Wide s.e. at left, tied by quartered cork cancel and "Rondout N.Y. Feb. 6 6PM" duplex datestamp on cover to Moultonborough N.H. with birds-eye view of J. M. Mayer wagon manufacturing plant in brilliant blue, an unusual and well-executed perspective illustration showing many details of plant, pedestrians, horse-drawn wagons etc., Extremely Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
2005		3c Green, 15c Bright Orange (147, 152). 15c tiny tear at left, tied by bold grid cancels, "Ann Arbor Mich. Oct. 31" double-circle datestamp on registered "The Universal Bath" illustrated advertising cover to West Randolph Vt., two small tears at bottom and piece of backflap missing, Fine appearance, the unusual advertisement depicts three different ways the "Universal Bath" apparatus can be used (Full, Hip, Sponge etc.) (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 150-200 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
2006		2c Red Brown (210). S.e. at left, tied by "New Orleans La. Ex. Sta. Feb. 27" exposition duplex on illustrated World's Industrial & Cotton Exposition cover to Blue Hill Me., minor edge faults at top and few toned spots, Fine, scarce exposition cover (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction
2007		2c Red Brown (210). Tied by "New Orleans La. Ex. Sta. A. Apr. ?" exposition duplex on illustrated World's Industrial & Cotton Exposition cover to local address, small stain spot at left, still Very Fine and scarce (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $275.00 Will close during Public Auction

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