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- Sale 3334
Live
| Philadelphia
Nov 10 | 6:00 AM EST
Live
| Philadelphia
Sale 3334
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
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Estimate$15,000 – $25,000
The felt stars arranged to form the initials "U S" machine-sewn to a three-part wool bunting canton, tredle machine-sewn wool bunting stripes, canvas header pocket retaining period hemp rope. The heading inscribed in ink, "Dr. H.F. Copeland/ Whitman, Mass." on one side and "Pat. Aug 12, 1890," on the reverse.
70 3/4 in. x 114 in.Note
The design of this rare flag was patented by W. R. Washburn of Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is one of four or five known to exist.
Provenance
The flag was once owned by Dr. Horatio Franklin Copeland (1842-1918) who lived for many years on Washington Street in Whitman, Massachusetts. Copeland studied medicine at Harvard and upon graduation served as assistant physician to the U.S. 23rd Regiment Colored Infantry at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia during the last year of the Civil War.
Collection of Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, MD.
