GEM Vintage 1860s Envelope: H. A. Ramsay: \"Assist Engineer\" Boston NAVY READ

GEM Vintage 1860s Envelope: H. A. Ramsay: \"Assist Engineer\" Boston NAVY READ For Sale

$GEM Vintage 1860s Envelope: H. A. Ramsay: \$
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GEM Vintage 1860s Envelope: H. A. Ramsay: \"Assist Engineer\" Boston NAVY READ:
$175.00

This sale offers an antique 19th-centuryofficial business envelope (cover) from the pre-Civil War era, addressed to Assistant Engineer Henry A. Ramsay, U.S. Navy and one of the Navy\'s vendors,Wm. Bond & Son.Key Details on the Cover:

Origin: Treasury Department, U.S. Coast Survey Office (Washington, D.C.), signed in ink by an assistant in charge.
Recipient: H. Ashton Ramsey, an Assistant Engineer in the U.S. Navy who famously served on the CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) during the American Civil War, sent care of the prominent chronometer and instrument maker Wm. Bond & Son in Boston.
Postal Markings: Features a circular postmark (CDS) with a \"FREE\" designation indicating official government franking privileges used during the mid-19th century.

GEM Vintage 1860s Envelope: H. A. Ramsay: \"Assist Engineer\" Boston NAVY READ For Sale

GEM Vintage 1860s Envelope: H. A. Ramsay: \"Assist Engineer\" Boston NAVY READ: $175.00

GEM Vintage 1860s Envelope: H. A. Ramsay: \"Assist Engineer\" Boston NAVY READ:
$175.00