Worldwide Confederacy Confederacy Jefferson Davis Medallion With Tenn. F
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Confederacy, Jefferson Davis Medallion With Tenn. Flag Lettersheet, patriotic design in red with verse no. 31, entered mails with manuscript "Mooresburg, Nov 29" postmark and matching "Pd 5" rating at upper right to Miss E.D. Dickson in Salem, N.C., stain affects Davis and some paper loss affects rating, with original full color Tenn. 11-Star Flag design (F11-8) lettersheet datelined Nov. 28 with some interesting content, "You must remember that it is all together owing to the mails, I wrote to you in my last about the mail-road bridges being burned and other damages being done on the roads, by the Lincolnites that has caused a great deal of detention in the mails, and also in the travel. They are now rebuilding the bridges and repairing the roads.", he mentions fleeing to North Carolina but the danger seems to have passed, Fine and rare patriotic cover and enclosure. C.S.A. No. JD-1A Estimate $750 - 1,000. Mooresburg, Tenn. is unlisted in the new CSA catalog. William Dickson was the postmaster here prior to the Civil War and is writing to his sister. $0 (Image)