Raynors HCA 2017-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/1/2017
Group of (20) Magnus Covers, each showing an art element on the left, and an engraved building in the center. As examples, General Washington and the War Department ... Columbia and the Post Office Builsing ... All printed in purple ink, unused near fine. Magnus best-known and most extensive work is in the illustration of Civil War patriotic covers. His covers are among the most popular among collectors because of their print quality, "achieved by the utilization of steel, copper, and stone engraved plates and the old-world workmanship applied in hand or stencil coloring processes"
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