BE31

Fancy Cancel: Criss-Cross -- CSA #12 (AD) (margin touches at the bottom) on full cover with a Criss-Cross pattern handstamp cancel (called Cross Hatch cancel in the new CSA Catalog) AC-14. At upper left is the Salem NC CDS 23 JUN. Addressed to Mrs R. L. Patterson, Patterson Caldwell Cty NC. Very Fine cover. This is currently the only recorded example of this listed fancy cancel. The stamp with the cancel was cropped from this cover and used as the listing illustration (AC-14) on Page 376 of the new CSA Catalog. The stamp is also illustrated as the Salem NC Cross Hatch on Page 352 of the Collector's Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition.

SOLD $1,000.00