Confederacy, Confederate States of America,/President's Office./(Official Business). Semi-official imprint on locally used cover franked with 1863 2¢ red brown (large margins to in at left) tied by "Richmond, Va./Feb. 28" cds paying the 2¢ drop rate, addressed in the hand of James Chestnut, Jr., a member of President Davis' staff to a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina, Extremely Fine and rare, not even the President had free frank privileges as evidenced by this cover, ex-MacBride, Antrim, Dietz, Hollowbush and Powell, illustrated in the 1959 Dietz catalog (Pictured in Monroe Book, pg. 33); with 1996 C.S.A. certificate. Estimate  $750 - 1,000. $0 (Image)