September Internet Auction

"Behold the Man! He Said Cotton Would Surely Make Them Independant", blue caricature design featuring gallows, British lion and Liberty tree, with Brown & Ryan imprint at left on cover bearing 3¢ dull red (26) tied by "Old Point Comfort, Va., Jul 13" cds to Schuylerville, N.Y.; small edge flaws, F.-V.F.

Bischel No. 1678   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  Estimate $300 - 400.

Southern Bonds, violet humorous caricature design with verse below, Brown & Ryan imprint on cover manuscript Congressional " E.B. French " free frank at top and "Washington, D.C., Jul 26, 1861" cds to Peterboro, N.H.; restored reduction at right, Very Fine appearance and exceedingly rare patriotic design.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $200 - 300.

At war's end, Southerners were left holding now worthless Confederate bonds. To help raise money, the Confederate States of America issued bonds. Early in the Civil War, these bonds seemed a worthwhile, even patriotic, investment to the Southerners who bought them.