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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Pair of Civil War Covers ~ Runaway Slave ~ Slavery
Two (2) postal covers promoting the Northern cause in the Civil War, with reference to slavery, c. 1861. Unused. Illustrated with crude woodcuts. 1. Dancing slave, captioned, I'se just "seceshed" from Ole Massa, Yah, Yah, Yah! 2. Left: Portrait of Washington, captioned, Corner Stone of the Federal Union. Right: Smiling slave, captioned, Corner Stone of the "Southern Confederacy." Mounting residue; cover (1) missing top flap
