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10c Greenish Blue, Die B
(12c). Horizontal strip of three and single, large margins, tied by
faint "Lumpkin Ga." circular datestamp on East-to-West 40c
Trans-Mississippi Express Rate cover to Natchitoches La. with sender's
routing "Via Meridian Miss.", with original enclosure dated
Dec. 22, 1863, re legal matters but comments "No war news of any
interest since the defeat of Bragg at Missionary Ridge", letter
reinforced with tape (stained), the cover is missing part of backflap and
has slight wear along edges, small lightened stained spot in
strip FINE APPEARING AND VERY RARE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPRESS COVER --
REPUTED TO BE THE ONLY ONE WITH ITS ORIGINAL LETTER. According to a
notation by A. Earl Weatherly, this is the only 40c Trans-Mississippi
Express cover with its original letter, but cannot verify this
claim Illustrated in Shenfield book and listed in Krieger as E11 (page
41). (Image) |
E. 2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction |