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The Confederate Flag
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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 colored pages and collected in an album.
1860
United States. Post Office Department
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W0146TC
WHi 76250
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The Rebel States, Texas
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A Flag-itious Article Out of Place
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The Confederate flag, upside down. Caption below reads, "A flag-itious article out of place." Blue and red ink on cream envelope, image in upper left corner. Image printed on envelope, mounted on v...
Secession Whiskey
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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 Pirate Flag
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Confederate flag with the words: "The Pirate Flag" and 8 stars in the blue section, and "Jeff. Davis" and "A.H. Stephens" on the red bars. Cream envelope with red and blue ink, illustration covers ...
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 ...
The Loyal States, Union, Illinois
1860
Miss Columbia, holding a Union flag with a liberty cap on the pole is leaning on the Illinois state seal, with a Confederate flag under her foot. The text, "THE LOYAL STATES," "UNION" and "Illinoi...
