Patriotic Covers of The Civil War Era
By admin on Nov 28, 2007 in Items of Interest, Postal History
The Civil War patriotic covers and other printed stationery items created by the Charles Magnus Company are distinguished by their eye-catching hand-coloring. To create the covers, a pre-cut stencil pattern was laid over a black and white design and color was applied. The workers, primarily women and children paid a salary of 8-cents per day for their labors, were given free reign in their color selections. As a result, Civil War patriotic covers with designs created by the Charles Magnus Company may be truly unique.
Margaret Richards | Jan 30, 2008 | Reply
I have a large collection of Civil War Covers, approximately 500. It includes many by Charles Magnus, black and white as well as hand colored. Many of Pres. Lincoln also maps,ships,flags and camp scenes etc. colors and black and white. I know nothing of there worth and am interested in selling the entire collection. I would appreciate any and all the help you can give me as to how one goes about doing this. If you would like I can send some pictures to you, however there is no way I could ever take them all. Thank You .
Sincerely, Margaret
Bill Weiss | Feb 2, 2008 | Reply
Margaret,
I am the Author of “Union Civil War Patriotic Covers” and some of the information about Civil War Patriotic material on this site comes from my book. If you wish to contact me at my email address (wrw43@hotmail.com), I will try to help you.
Bill Weiss