Price
$450.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very good, one envelope has stain spots on the top edge, two have corner bends and one has a crease
Size
6.5" x 3.5"
1930s Scarce "Jury Report on Prohibition" Satirical Caricature Envelopes. Complete set of twelve individual postal covers (envelopes) from a satirical series with the headline "Jury Report on Prohibition" and featuring a different caricature of a juror. It lists their job title and a quotation and the "value" they received from Prohibition. Set fo twelve different original unuused envelopes. Available elsewhere online for $1,500 (admittedly in what appears to be slight better shape) but get it here for just $450 for the complete set.
Jurors include A professional reformer, A resort proprietor, a canddiate for office, a dry farmer, A night club hostess a bell hoop, a politician, A bootlegger, a grape grower, a machine-gun dealer, a chemist and a racketeer.
An example of a quotation from Juror No. 7 "the Politican". "I'm pro-Prohibition because there's Dough in it for me, directly and indirectly."
Another example, this one from Juror No. 5 "A Night Club Hostess". "Hello, Suckers! We're all strong for Prohibition and HOW!"
Another example:
Jurior No. 8 :
"Prohibition is a good thing. I been in the business for twelve years, and things are going along better than ever."
$450.00
used
Very good, one envelope has stain spots on the top edge, two have corner bends and one has a crease
6.5" x 3.5"