Confederacy, Hallettsville Tex. Ju 12, sharp strike of cds with matching circled "Paid" rating handstamp on blue laid paper cover addressed to Jos. San Roman at Brownsville, Tex.; erosion spot and horizontal fold, F.-V.F., ex-Kohn. Estimate  $300 - 400. José San Román was a merchant, banker, and broker in the contraband cotton trade of the Civil War. During the Union blockade, San Román became a key figure in the contraband trade carried on in Bagdad, Brownsville and Matamoros. His firm served as a brokerage house for hundreds of cotton farmers west of the Mississippi River. $0 (Image)