Sale 3039: The "ERIVAN" Collection of United and Confederate States Postal History Part IV

20L18, Boyd's City Express, New York, NY 1861 1c Black on Blue gray, used alongside 1861 3c Rose, 3c tied by New York duplex cancel, 1c by pen strokes, on patriotic cover with "Who Goes There?" verse below soldier on guard duty in front of tents, cannon and rifles with "Sustain the Flag" across the top (pub D. Murphy's Son, NY), franked with addressed to Washington, DC to a soldier in "Comp H 25 New Jersey Regmt", local issue pre-affixing crease, envelope opened at right, Fine and unusual (Walcott 1959 var.)rnThe 25th New Jersey Infantry Regiment served a nine-month enlistment in the Union Army and was first sent to Washington, DC. There, it was attached to the 2nd brigade Casey's Division, Defenses of Washington, D. C until December, 1862. The regiment fought in two engagements-the December, 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg and the Siege of Suffolk, April 11-May 4, 1863. Carriers & Locals