BE157

CSA #1 Stone 2 (not plated) (margin just in at the right) off-cover cancelled by the Union Dead Letter Office circular handstamp dated 6 MAR 1862. Stamp could only have come from a through-the-lines cover South-to-North which for whatever reason was never delivered but ended up in the Dead Letter Office instead. Stamp affixed on card and the handstamp partially reconstructed for display purposes. The stamp has not been removed from its exhibit mount. This is believed to be an unique item as no other examples of a CSA general issue stamp with the Union Dead Letter Office mark cancelling the stamp are known to us (JLK and CLB). This stamp was used as an illustration on Page 364 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. Ex-Everett.

$750.00 SOLD