(MILITARY CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVERS) UNION Untitled un can

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVERS.) UNION Untitled, un-cancelled hand-colored cover depicting the American Eagle being attacked by snakes, Fort Sumpter in the background;. Jackson on one side and Calhoun on the other. In fine condition. Philadelphia: Harbach & Bro, 1861

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The reverse of this cover bears the following: "The destruction of the Snake of South Carolina, Nullification and Secession, and her progeny by the NATIONAL BIRD. To portray the ultimate overthrow of the evil power which strikes at the life of the National Government, is the subject of this cut." Provenance: private collection, acquired from the Gordon Bleuler Collection of Postal Covers.