JEFF DAVIS AND KING COTTON ON GALLOWS PAIR OF CIVIL WAR ENVELOPES.
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$51.75 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #203 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1428 in auction 203
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Item Description
Each 3x5.5" with unsealed flaps. Davis example rear flap reads “Entered According To Act Of Congress In The Year 1861 ...”. Front reads “Jeff In The Patent Union Neck Tie./Jeff.-My Neck’s in a Tight Place. My Winds Stopped, I’m Done./Scott-You’ve Now Got A ‘Neck Tie,’/And A ‘Choker’ In One.” Caption on second envelope reads “The End Of ‘King Cotton’/Behold Me Dangling Up And Down,/ In A Hemp Tie ‘Stead Of A Cotton Crown./Neither My Leg Bail Nor Cotton Bale/Could Save Me From The Coffin’s Nail-/And Here I Swing, In The Air Suspended,/And At The Rope’s End Treason’s Ended.” Very minor age traces. Both extremely Fine. Morry Greener Collection.
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