BE119

CSA #8 Reunited Horz Strip of 5 USED off-cover (margin close at bottom center and just a little edge toning at bottom center) with SIX strikes of the Army of Tenn Straight Line army field cancel. Some time in the past, the strip of 5 was removed from its cover and cut into a strip of 3 and a pair and dispersed to different collectors. When this was done and by whom it was done are not known. The two pieces of this strip were fortuitously discovered at separate times and purely by accident by Gen Bush and have been rejoined back to its original form. The story of how this occurred is told in an article by Gen Bush in the Sep-Oct 2003 issue of the Confederate Philatelist. The reunited strip is also illustrated on Page 198 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. The stamps have not been removed from the exhibit mount. This exceptional strip is the only known example of the Army of Tenn Straight Line army field cancel on the 2c Red-Brown stamp as well as on such a large multiple. An extraordinary item of Confederate Philately.

$2,500.00 SOLD

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