BE128

CSA #7 Vert Pair on London Paper affixed sideways (4-Margin) tied to cover FRONT ONLY by two strikes of a Target with a “5” in the center cancel of unknown origin as there is no postmark on the cover. A most unusual cancel but not listed as a fancy cancel in the new CSA catalog. Addressed to Mr. Custis at the ford of the River, Wilkesboro NC. The stamps and the cancels were cropped from this cover front and used as an illustration on Page 352 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. The cancel was also featured in an article by Gen Bush in the Nov-Dec 1993 issue of the Confederate Philatelist. No other examples of this cancel have come to light since the 1993 article.

SOLD $250.00