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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
A VERY RARE GROUPING, BEFORE AND AFTER COLOR (MILITARY--CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC COVERS.) UNION. Washington * I say old Fellow Just hold on to this ere flag * Repudiation * God Watches over Them. As it Will Be. Group of eight (8) covers, being four different covers before and after hand-coloring. All are in excellent condition. New York: Berlin and Jones, circa 1861-1865
a rare grouping of four complex engraved covers by the noted firm of Berlin & Jones. Covers by this stationer are uncommon enough, but here we have four before and after hand coloring. The particular colors used by Berlin & Jones are different than the usual garish coloring one finds on covers that do employ color. The greens and blues are especially striking. The messages, or mottos on the covers are also unusual in their complexity, and resemble more the kind of political artwork one sees from English cartoonists and caricaturists like George Cruikshank. Berlin and Jones, established in 1847, are still in business." Provenance: private collection, acquired from the Gordon Bleuler Collection of Postal Covers.
