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Old Secesh On Postwar Cover

 
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wyostamp
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Posted 10/04/2023   9:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add wyostamp to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
What am I to make of this corner card? A southern sympathizer in Connecticut still indulging nostalgia for the antebellum, or a northerner mocking southern sentiments even a year after the end of hostilities (per cancel on reverse, not shown)?

Is it of any particular value, or a common thing?
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"Secesh" is short for secessionist, as you've probably already surmised. The cover was probably made during the war and maybe the sender had some left over, post-war. I would say it was definitely a snub of the rebs, but if the recipient was a Union sympathizer it could have been an inside joke. I'm sure it tweaked the postal clerks who had to handle it down South.
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Chevelle
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Postal clerks "down South" did not have to handle this cover. "MS" was a common abbreviation of Massachusetts at the time. The town/state address is Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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