As a historian I have studied the Civil War extensively, written 3 books about the conflict and published a 7-book series for schools that over three decades has sold more than 660,000 copies.

The idea of sanitary fairs and the Sanitary Commission have always been an interest for me. The idea that these non-governmental fairs could raise millions of dollars for Union soldiers was quite a concept and especially for 120 years ago!

The Great Central Fair was one of the largest and produced many Cinderella stamps; they may not have been good for actual postage, thousands of fairgoers bought them and added them to envelopes they mailed. It was terrific advertising for the work of the Sanitary Commission.

I have several more to list including some very rare proofs.  

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT I ALSO HAVE A WORLD'S COLUMBIAN GUARD UNIFORM FOR SALE, ADDITIONAL EXTRA BUTTONS FROM THE GUARD UNIFORM (ALL ARE INTACT ON THE JACKET) AND THE VERY RARE ROLLING CHAIR ATTENDANT UNIFORM BUTTONS AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE INTEREST PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

ALSO--

I'm back as of May 7 for just an hour or two a day after my knee replacement surgery (What a wonderful treat!) but will get back up to speed as quickly as possible. It will still be a couple weeks at least before I can work full time again. Please ask about a special sale I'm planning--just medals: Those from the WCE, other US and European fairs,1851 Crystal Palace through Vancouver's Expo '86, non-fair medals, most very high grades, nearly all AT LEAST BU and plenty of gems and prooflikes as well. It's a great group and I've assembled 50 medals thus far and will continue to add items for the sale in the coming weeks.

If you drop me a note I can let you know when the sale is ready. It will likely not be before late June.

Please take a moment to stop by the WORLDS COLUMBIAN JOURNAL, my blog dedicated to just the 1893 expo. It is strictly an editorial site and thus ok to list per Ebay's rules. You can find it at www.worldscolumbianjournal.com If this link doesn't take you directly to the site please just paste it into your browser. Note there is no apostrophe in 'worlds' in the address.

I continue working on my 3rd book about the WCE, the comprehensive catalog of WCE tickets and passes, dozens of which have never been identified previously. It is not just a catalog, but a detailed history--lots of text as well as prices realized over the years, and so on. I will let my customers and the world in general know when it is nearing completion.

 

SHIPPING:

I will ship at no cost to the buyer in a first-class envelope; this shipping does NOT come with tracking. If tracking is required just let me know and the postage cost will be $5.00.