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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

[1,500/2,500]

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, proba-

bly 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 rat-

tlesnake 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.