Lot no. 6602

“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.