Group of eight postally used, full color, early 1900's Gettysburg battlefield postcards. Includes General George G. Meade Monument, the Soldier's National Monument in Gettysburg National Cemetery, Devil's Den, East Cemetery Hill, Spangler's Spring, High Water Mark Monument and Copse of Trees, The Wheatfield, and View of Gettysburg from the Observation Tower on Oak Hill. Seven of the eight cards have Gettysburg postmarks on them, with one from York, Pa. All have U.S. postage stamps. The earliest postmark is 1904, then you have dates of 1909, 1912, 1913,...  

Postally used envelope addressed in ink to J. Hunt Brown, Esqr., Auditor's Office, U.S. Treasury Dept., Washington, D.C., with Alexandria, Va. postmark and 3 cents George Washington postage stamp. Light age toning and wear.

Unused, Union Civil War patriotic cover. Beautiful full color vignette of a Union sailor nailing an American flag to the mast. The motto below reads, Shoot the first Man that attempts to pull down the AMERICAN FLAG. Vibrant colors and in excellent condition.

Imprint at upper left, Christian Commission. Addressed to Mrs. J.E.G. Hockney, Westfield, Mass. Soldier's Letter is written at lower left. Blue military postmark, Frederick, Md., Oct. 13/64, with 3 cents George Washington postage stamp with bulls eye cancellation. There is a docket under the imprint, 4 letters written after ? wounded, 2 of them from Frederick, Md., Oct. 64. There is a small piece of the front of the cover torn off at the left edge.

Star of the North, or the Comet of 1861

Unsued, Civil War patriotic envelope. Beautiful red, white and blue vignette of Abraham Lincoln ascending into the heavens like a shooting comet. Titled, Star of the North, or the Comet of 1861, it bears an 1861 imprint of Samuel C. Upham, of Philadelphia, Pa. Scarce.

Unused, Civil War patriotic envelope. Vignette of Jeff Davis emptying a barrel of bonds into a feeding pen where a large hog representing the Southern Confederacy is feeding her young piglets. The names of the southern states who have seceded from the Union are imprinted on each of the piglets. Off to the area at right outside of the fence are the border states of Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky. This excellent 1861 Ohio imprint is titled, That Feed Won't Do.

This is a fold out set, with latch tab, of 20 beautiful color views of Petersburg, Va. It was postally sent to Mr. L.M. Decker, Accord N.Y., Ulster Co., with a pair of 1 cent George Washington postage stamps, and C.D.S., Petersburg, Va., Nov. 16, 1922. The outside covers, of thick card stock, feature a view of General Robert E. Lee on his trusty war horse, Traveler, on one side, and The Battle of the Crater, on the opposite side. One of the inside covers has the following descriptive text: Petersburg, Va. Petersburg on the Appomattox River suffered the...  

Unused, Civil War patriotic envelope. Vignette of John Bull, who represents England, at the left. He stands at the doorway of a building with the name J. Bull, with a dog at his side. Bull has his hand up in a stop signal to the approaching Jefferson Davis. Sitting on a fence in the background is the figure, Yankee Doodle, representing the U.S. government. The verse below reads: J.D.- Please let me bring my prizes on to your premises, Mr. Bull. Those rascally Yankees are right before my own door, so that I can't get in. J.B.- No, sir, you can't come in. I...  

Unused, Civil War patriotic envelope. Full color vignette with a large dog representing General Winfield Scott and the Union at left. It wears a chapeau and the name "Old General" on the collar, with an American flag, and barrels of pork and beef in the background. At the right is a smaller dog representing Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy. It wears a straw hat, with the name Jeff on the collar, and a C.S.A. flag on its body. A palmetto tree and cotton bales are seen in the background. The slogan below reads, Why don't you take it? This is a...  

Unused Civil War patriotic envelope. Satirical theme titled Uncle Sam & Jeff, this cover has vignettes of Uncle Sam, representing the United States government, and Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy. Uncle Sam says, Jes So Jeff And More To. Davis, who is carrying bundles marked Charleston, New Orleans, Mobile and Norfolk, says, I Only Want To Be Let Alone. Fort Pickens and Fort Sumter can be seen in the background. Light mounting traces on the reverse.

Unused, Civil War patriotic envelope. Satirical vignette showing a donkey, dog with the name Jeff on the collar [representing Confederate President Jeff Davis] and black man holding the leash of the dog. Slogan reads, Jeff Has The Feeling Of A Prince Of Wales. A member of Jim Francis' Philadelphia Dog Detective Guards, has Jeff in a tight place. Imprint of Magee, 316 Chesnut St., Phila. Uncommon.

Unused, Civil War patriotic envelope titled, A Pair of Spectacles. The left lense of the spectacles shows a vignette of Jeff Davis being marched into the U.S. Capitol by an armed Union soldier. The slogan below it reads, J.D. arrives in Washington from the Sunny South. The right lense shows Jeff Davis being hung by the neck on the gallows. The slogan reads, J.D. departs from Washington for a warmer climate. Imprint of S.C. Upham, 310 Chesnut Street, [Philadelphia]. Uncommon.