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"[Lot of 2] Potomac River (in Four Sheets) Sheet No. I from Entrance to Piney Point... [and] Potomac River (in Four Sheets) Sheet No. 3 from Lower Cedar Point to Indian Head...", U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Subject: Eastern Virginia

Period: 1877-82 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:

29.6 x 22.9 inches
75.2 x 58.2 cm

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This lot contains two of four sheets that chart the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. to its entrance at the Chesapeake Bay. The charts feature a wealth of information and indicate soundings, tides, lighthouses, and the shoreline configuration. Originally issued by the Coast Survey in 1862-1868.

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Condition: B+

Dark impressions with light offsetting.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $90

Closed on 11/16/2016

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"[Lot of 2] Potomac River (in Four Sheets) Sheet No. I from Entrance to Piney Point... [and] Potomac River (in Four Sheets) Sheet No. 3 from Lower Cedar Point to Indian Head...", U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Subject: Eastern Virginia

Period: 1877-82 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:

29.6 x 22.9 inches
75.2 x 58.2 cm

This lot contains two of four sheets that chart the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. to its entrance at the Chesapeake Bay. The charts feature a wealth of information and indicate soundings, tides, lighthouses, and the shoreline configuration. Originally issued by the Coast Survey in 1862-1868.

References:

Condition: B+

Dark impressions with light offsetting.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $90

Closed on 11/16/2016

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"[Lot of 2] Potomac River (in Four Sheets) Sheet No. I from Entrance to Piney Point... [and] Potomac River (in Four Sheets) Sheet No. 3 from Lower Cedar Point to Indian Head...", U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

Subject: Eastern Virginia

Period: 1877-82 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:

29.6 x 22.9 inches75.2 x 58.2 cm

This lot contains two of four sheets that chart the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. to its entrance at the Chesapeake Bay. The charts feature a wealth of information and indicate soundings, tides, lighthouses, and the shoreline configuration. Originally issued by the Coast Survey in 1862-1868.

References:

Condition: B+

Dark impressions with light offsetting.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $90

Closed on 11/16/2016

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29.6 x 22.9 inches
75.2 x 58.2 cm