February 23rd, 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2012
Unused patriotic cover, depicts "John Bull" sitting on a bale of cotton, ignoring the pleadings of a slave who is on bended knee. The plantation manager is wielding a whip, standing behind the slave, ready to strike. Caption, “John Bull’s Sympathy.” c1861, VG
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