^Lot 3319 SEALED BOX OF U.S. CIVIL WAR ERA SHARPS .52-100

LINEN CARTRIDGES. Sealed 10-rd. box of U.S. Civil War era .52-100 Sharps ammunition mfg. by Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company. 2-piece box is comprised of pasteboard, featuring a label on the lid that reads "10 CARTRIDGES/ For Sharps' Improved Rifle./ 51/100 CALIBER./ A Superior Quality of Powder is used. M/ A.G. Fay, Potter & Tolman, Boston, M/ SHARPS RIFLE MANUF'G CO./ HARTFORD, CONN.". Rear of box exhibits a handwritten "91300" in black ink. Box is wrapped in protective plastic packaging. CONDITION: good, with no tears or indications of prior opening. Label exhibits 2 small losses in the lower right section, 1 partially obscuring the aforementioned text. A very attractive sealed box of Civil War .52 Sharps ammunition. (02-26579-3/MLW). AMMO. $500-800.