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Auction 132, Lot 347

"War Maps of Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines",

Subject: Cuba, Philippines

Period: 1898 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
25.3 x 9.5 inches
64.3 x 24.1 cm
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This map was published as a supplement to The Boston Herald, Sunday, May 8, 1898. Numerous, colorful small flags at the sides for Cuba, Spain and the United States were meant to be cut out and stuck to the map to indicate cities held or captured as the reader "follows the war news in The Boston Herald." Inset of Porto Rico and another of the Philippine Islands.

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Condition: A+

Fine example with strong color and impression.

Estimate: $90 - $110

Sold for: $50

Closed on 6/2/2010

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