413
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) PATRIOTIC COVERS—CONFEDERATE.
“Stand by that flag, men of the South, of noble patriot sires.. .”
Confederate
cover, picked up on the battle field, note on reverse in pencil by Union a soldier; signs of
having been glued in an album; two uncanceled five cent Jefferson Davis stamps.
Np, circa 1862-1865
[500/700]
A Union soldier has crudely written in pencil: “This is what I got out of a rebel knapsack.”
414
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) PATRIOTIC COVERS—CONFEDERATE.
“death to each marauding band/ Who would defile this glorious land . . .
Confederate States of America.
Unused cover, printed on mustard yellow paper with a
two cent Jefferson Davis stamp.
[Richmond?, circa 1864-1865]
[300/400]
415
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) PATRIOTIC COVERS—CONFEDERATE.
“Neath a ragged palmetto a Southerner sat, a twisting the band of his Panama
hat, and trying to lighten his mind of a load . . .
Unused patriotic cover, depicting a
southerner seated under a palmetto tree, with a fine two-cent stamp with Andrew Jackson’s
image.
[Place, date.]
[300/400]
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415
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