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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) PATRIOTIC COVERS—CONFEDERATE.
“Bright Banner of Freedom, Unfurl thee. .”
engraved patriotic cover, showing a flag
flying above a canon, firing to the left; a poem to the right; with an un-canceled two cent
Confederate stamp and a sheet of matching stationary. Wartime pulp paper toned but in
superb condition.
Goldsboro, South Carolina: W. & J. Bonitz, circa 1863-1865
[700/1,000]
A fine example of the sort of patriotic stationary used by both soldiers to the folks at home.
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) PATRIOTIC COVERS—CONFEDERATE.
“On to the rescue, the Vandals are coming, Go meet them with bayonet., saber
and spear.” Confederate cover, picked up on the battle-field at Yorktown.
Patriotic cover with the “stars and bars” and a poem; Ink note on the reverse by Union
soldier; two uncanceled five cent blue Jefferson Davis stamps.
Richmond: J.W. Randolph, 1862
[800/1,200]
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Confederate envelope picked up at Yorktown, Va in May, 1862 by J. Warren Conard,
Livingston’s Battery, K, 3rd U.S. Artillery.”
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