Heinrich Köhler 384 Auction – Day 7 Single Lots & Special Catalogues: Grand Duchy of Baden – Frankings and Postal History, Heligoland, Kingdom of Saxony & The Gustav Strunk Collections

1863, 34th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, Civil War illustrated patriotic cover depicting an Eagle with “National Union” and “State Sovereignty” banners, to Eislingen, endorsed “to Germany via New York” and “via Bremen Mail”, struck with “New-York Br. Pkt 33” c.d.s. (Mar 25), further endorsed “insufficiently pre paid” and “Due 15 cts” in manuscript, reverse with Aachen (Apr 7), Stuttgart (Apr 7), and Eislingen (Apr 8) c.d.s. backstamps, small edge flaws, but a most unusual transatlantic usage of a Civil War patriotic.