BE27

Tupelo, Mis(s) (Mississippi) Straight Line -- CSA #12c (AD) (4-Margin Greenish-Blue) tied to full cover by Tupelo Mis(s) Straight Line cancel (not dated) (SL-14). The original woodblock handstamp most likely had a double “s” but one was broken off in use. One of only three recorded examples of this scarce straight line cancel. Coarse brown paper cover with Military Address to W. S. Chapman, Co I 12 Tenn Regt Care of Capt Drake Calhoun, Ga. Top backflap missing with a minor reduction on the left but still a very clean and very fine appearing cover. The stamp with the straight line postmark was cropped from this cover and used as the listing illustration (SL-14) on Page 377 of the new CSA Catalog. This cover is also illustrated on Page 346 of the Collector's Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. At the request of a collector, the cover was submitted for a current PF Certificate. The certificate states “It is a genuine usage, the cover restored along the bottom.” The bottom edge restoration and lower right corner restoration is minor and I missed it in my original description, but it does not detract from the extreme scarcity of this straight line postmark nor does it detract from the cover’s exhibitabilty.

SOLD $1,800.00