A recent find from a Maine estate. Small oval tintype of President Lincoln affixed to a card. With the original envelope. Below the tintype it reads "This tintype was sold on the streets when Lincoln was assassinated. Mother was a little girl." A most poignant mourning relic.
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Newport Stamps Part 2, More Stamps and Coins
7:00 AM PT - May 18th, 2008
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Philip Weiss Auctions
1 Neil Court
Oceanside, NY 11572
Oceanside, NY 11572
