Antique 1886 STATUE OF LIBERTY SILK RIBBON BARTHOLDI SOUVENIR

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Antique 1886 STATUE OF LIBERTY SILK RIBBON BARTHOLDI SOUVENIR
Ribbon is printed on both sides, 2¾ x 6 in., issued around the time of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty on 28 Oct. 1886. Printed copyright date of 1886; printed on the reverse side with a calendar for the year 1887. On that same side is printed an eight line poem by John Greenleaf Whittier;The Bartholdi Statue The face side features a view of the Statue and of New York Harbor, with the words, Bartholdi Souvenir. Below this image is a list of specifications giving the size and weight of various parts of the Statue. At the bottom is a portrait of Bartholdi, with his facsimile signature as manufactured by the ;Liberty Mfg. Co. of New York
Sold for 450.00 in 2008