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Hatchechubbee Straight Line Late State -- CSA #1 Horz Pair Stone 1 Positions 29-30 ( irregular margins with faults) with the Hatchechubbee (Alabama) Straight Line Late State cancel without “ALA” under the town name (SL-06B). The cover is not dated. The missing “ALA” most likely due to a breaking of the woodblock device. Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs.M. McGeachy, St Pauls NC. Cover with a minor reduction at the left not affecting anything and is otherwise very clean. This cover is currently the only recorded example of the Late State Hatchechubbe Straight Line without the “ALA.” The stamps with the straight line postmark were cropped from this cover and used as the listing illustration (SL-06B) on Page 377 of the new CSA Catalog. This cover was the subject of an article (Bush) in the Confederate Philatelist May-Jun 1994 issue. Dietz Letter of Authentication from 1948 included.

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