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CSA
#2 Paterson (very nice 4-Margin stamp) tied by a
framed Grid cancel with no postmark.
Endorsement at upper left “Capt
Burke Berlin, Va.” Coarse paper cover addressed to Mr.
William H.
Burke, Sharon PO Taliaferro County, Geo. The Berlin, Va manuscript is
part of an endorsement and not a postal marking as there is no date.
Berlin,
Va is listed as a CSA post office in Southampton County. It is such an
obscure place that it is not known if a grid was used at Berlin or not.
It is
possible that since “Berlin, Va” was already included on the cover by
the
sender that the postmaster simply canceled the stamp with a handy grid
and
did not add a date. The use of this stamp would speak against an army
field
cancel grid as the cover would be too early for that. The grid could
also
have been applied on receipt if the cover went through without the
stamp
being properly canceled. The only Capt Burke from Georgia listed with
service in Virginia was Archibald T. Burke Co F 7th Ga
Inf. He may or may not have been the sender. He was
wounded in the leg at First Manassas 7/21/1861 and resigned due to his
wound 12/21/1861. He could still have been in Virginia recovering in
the
summer of 1862 as there is no further record. Therefore, the cover
presents
somewhat of an enigma as to the origin and application of this grid,
but the
best guess is that it is from Berlin, Va. Cover with just a little
light foxing
but still very clean and an absolutely beautiful stamp. Cover
originally
included in the exhibit to show the grid without a postmark.
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