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Devil with C.S.A. Whiskey
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A smiling devil with wings is holding a large jar of C.S.A. Whiskey marked with a poison symbol, and a Confederate flag sticking out of it. Blue and red ink on beige envelope, illustration on left side. Mounted on a decorative border and collected in an album.
1860
United States. Post Office Department
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W0129Q8
WHi 75736
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The Man Who Conceived C.S.A.
1860
Image of a foppish, overdressed man. May be a caricature of Benjamin Disraeli, English statesman. Caption below reads: "The Man who conceived C.S.A." Red ink on beige envelope, illustration on left...
The Rebel States, Texas
1860
The devil holds the Texas state seal and a Confederate flag. "THE REBEL STATES" and "TEXAS" appear within the illustration. Blue ink on beige envelope, image covers entire envelope. Image printed o...
Secession Whiskey
1860
A giant goblet being hovered over by a skeleton. Inside the goblet is a dead soldier with a Confederate flag in his hand. The caption below reads, "SECESSION WHISKEY, One dose warranted to kill at ...
The Confederate Flag
1860
The Confederate flag. Pro-Confederate envelopes were not as common as pro-Union envelopes. Black ink on beige envelope, image covers entire front. Image printed on envelope, mounted on various colo...
A Member of the Bungtown, Va., R.G.G.'s
1860
Confederate soldier wearing a whiskey barrel with a cork helmet. On the barrel is the text: "RGG," "C.S.A. WHISKEY," "J.X.D." Caption below reads: "A member of the Bungtown, Va., R.G.G.'s (Rot-gut ...
The C.S.A. Man of War
1860
Jefferson Davis, dressed as a woman, floating in a washtub labeled: "Lady Davis" which is flying the Confederate flag. He is holding a bottle in his left hand and steering with a broom in his right...
