POSTAL COVERS UNION The Sunny South Our Country The Free No

Sale 2377 - Lot 403

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POSTAL COVERS. UNION. The Sunny South, Our Country * The Free North, Our Country. Two postal covers, one Confederate, the other Union, utilizing the same image; the Confederate cover bears a blue, ten cent Jefferson Davis stamp, but is not addressed; the Union cover bears a three cent red George Washington; both are lightly and evenly toned, the Union cover slightly soiled. Np, Southern U.S. and Jones Perdue and Small: Chicago, 1861

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the only known instance where stationers from both sides of the conflict used the same image to carry their message. The Confederate cover appeared first, probably circa April of 1861, but bears no address or cancelation date. The Union cover was in essence a "reply" to it, and is dated 22 May, 1861. The Confederate cover shows a cherubic boy, holding a rattlesnake in his fist, called "Abolition." The Union child holds a rattler too, with no motto other than "The Free North Our Country." Only one other example of the Confederate cover is known.