Confederacy, 11-Star Flag With "Suberta Rifles, Fortune Favors the Brave", full color patriotic design with slogan no. 68, manuscript "Red Bridge Tenn., Jan 1st, 1862" postmark and pencil "Pd 5" rating to Miss E.D. Dickson in Salem, N.C., rough opening at right, accompanied by Cannon with 11-Star Flag (CN-1B) patriotic lettersheet datelined "Mooresburg Dec 30th" and with brief letter "We have not had any news for a good while from the seat of war. It is thought that the most fighting done this winter will be at Bowling Green…", F.-V.F., A very rare patriotic design with patriotic enclosure. C.S.A. No. F11-19  Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. Red Bridge was also known as Mooresburg, Tenn. and is unlisted in the new CSA catalog. This is the only recorded example of this postmark. William Dickson was the postmaster here prior to the Civil War and is writing to his sister. $0 (Image)