1864 Civil War Michigan Quit Claim Deed Original Revenue Stamp French Postcard For Sale

🔥 sale DESCRIPTION – HISTORIC ANTIQUE EPHEMERA 🔥

Step into American history.

Offered here is a genuine Civil War–era legal document, preserved and displayed alongside a striking piece of early European postal history — an authentic 1864 Michigan Quit-Claim Deed, officially recorded during the height of the American Civil War.

This is not a reproduction.

This is a surviving artifact of 19th-century America.

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📜 THE DOCUMENT

• Original Quit-Claim Deed

• Recorded May 22, 1864

• Calhoun County, Michigan

• Grantors: George H. French & wife

• Grantee: Nathaniel H. French

• Land Conveyed: 34.01 acres

• Fully handwritten with original ink signatures

• Official county recording with clerk notations

This deed was executed when:

• Abraham Lincoln was president

• The Civil War was still raging

• Land ownership was recorded entirely by hand

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🇺🇸 CIVIL WAR–ERA REVENUE STAMP

Affixed to the document is an original U.S. Internal Revenue stamp, required by law on deeds during the Civil War to help fund the war effort.

• Period-correct blue revenue stamp

• Hand-cancelled in ink

• A highly collectible feature in its own right

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🔴 SEALS & AUTHENTICATION

• Original seal area / wax residue

• “Sealed and Delivered” legal language present

• Confirms formal execution of the deed

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🇫🇷 BONUS: ANTIQUE FRENCH POSTCARD (EARLY 1900s)

Mounted with the deed is a genuine antique French postcard, adding an elegant international contrast:

• Early photographic postcard

• Man on a bicycle in a rural landscape

• Handwritten French message

• Original French postage stamp

• True postal-used ephemera

This pairing creates a museum-style presentation rarely seen outside private collections.

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🖼️ DISPLAY & CONDITION

• Professionally mounted on archival backing

• Framed and ready for display

• Expected folds, toning, and edge wear consistent with age

• Item shown is the exact item you will receive

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🎯 PERFECT FOR:

✔ Civil War collectors

✔ Antique document & manuscript collectors

✔ Michigan or U.S. history enthusiasts

✔ Postal & stamp collectors

✔ Law, land, or genealogical historians

✔ Office, library, or study décor

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⚠️ IMPORTANT sale NOTES

• 100% original antique documents

• No reproductions

• No modern additions

• Please review all photos carefully

• Questions welcome before offerding

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🚨 sale FORMAT – DON’T MISS IT

Once this sale ends, another like it may not surface again.

These documents were never meant to survive — yet this one did.

offer with confidence. offer with history.