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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1166

Custer, George Armstrong. A Group of Nine Official Army Envelopes, All Addressed to Mrs. Genl Custer (a few: "Mrs. Genl GA Custer"). Five are Headquarters Third Division, Cavalry Corps Official Business envelopes, two written in pencil. One is in a Head Quarters, Army of the Potomac envelope with "OFFICIAL BUSINESS" crossed out. The last three are Headquarters Department of Missouri envelopes, one "IN THE FIELD." All in General Custer´s distinctive hand. Several are somewhat tattered and stained around the edges, but the Custer autographs are intact and distinct. These are the last of the military envelopes in the "shoe box" collection. [9]

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