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The Union, It Must and Shall Be Preserved
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A portrait of Abraham Lincoln above two crossed Union flags. The caption below reads, "The UNION, it must and shall be preserved." The portrait of Lincoln is in black ink and the flags are red and blue ink, image on left side. Image printed on envelope, mounted on various colored pages and collected in an album.
1860
United States. Post Office Department
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W0129XI
WHi 76520
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