Civil War Era Union Envelope with Charred Corner boat on water 4 3/16" in diameter x

4 3/16" in diameter x 2 1/4" tall

I would just mat it and put it in a very simple frame

I'm completely smitten with them

especially on one side where the wood is showing through on the lower body

all fairly minor

Civil War Era Union Envelope with Charred Corner boat on water 4 3/16" in diameter xAs I'm sure you are aware by now, I really love when objects accrue added resonance over the course of time as result of all sorts of chance factors. This is a Civil War era envelope one of thousands of designs printed in the north during the war, representing a new industry born of a change in postal rates and met by newly invented envelope folding machines. To me (in addition to this great image of Lady Liberty leaning on her Union shield), what