(CIVIL WAR COVERS) Partial set of Secesh Chain Confederate

Sale 2517 - Lot 61

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(CIVIL WAR--COVERS.) Partial set of "Secesh Chain" Confederate portrait covers. 24 (of 30) hand-colored postal covers; fronts only, unused, minimal wear. New York: Charles Magnus, circa 1861

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Includes Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and many more. Judah Benjamin is depicted as Secretary of War rather than Secretary of State, suggesting a date before March 1862. General Ben McCulloch, who died that same month at Pea Ridge, is also shown. Not often seen with hand coloring.