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Satirizing Blacks' Tools as Contraband of War.

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:45.00 USD Estimated At:90.00 - 120.00 USD
Satirizing Blacks' Tools as Contraband of War.
Unusual pair of Union patriotics, postally unused, with same multi-color artwork and fine text - but different titles and subtitles. One entitled "Contraband of War": "...Massa Butler, we's jest seceded from Harper's Ferry...If yer wants anything done in dat ar line ob bisness, we's de Niggers to call upon...," anticipating "de close ob horsetilities." Text in light pink, possibly printer's trial, adjusting ink so that faces of the five blacks would not be too dark. * Other titled, "Volunteer Sappers and Miners from the F.F.V...." Full red and blue. Both depicting five black laborers addressing Butler astride a white horse, holding their picks and shovels. Light handling evidence, else both very good. Interesting for display. (pair)