“Our Flag shall wave over the Whole Country”, c. 1865 Union patriotic cover to Heidelberg, Germany, postmarked with New York Br. Pkt c.d.s. (Jul 8), endorsed “via Liverpool”, blue “4-½” in manuscript, likely carried via the Inman Line “City of Boston”, which arrived in Liverpool on July 18, reverse with red Aachen transit (Jul 22), next-day framed Heidelberg receiver, some staining mostly confined to reverse, trivial edge faults, a scarce transatlantic usage of a Civil War patriotic cover.
