BE49

Fancy Cancel: New Iberia (Louisiana) Box of Squares -- CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 4 (4-Margin with top sheet margin) with the New Iberia, La Box of Squares (AC-10) Fancy Cancel with the small single rim New Iberia, La CDS to the left 25 FEB (1862). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mr. James Sample, Tupelo, Itawamba County, Mississippi. Endorsed at left “Robert A. Sullivan Company F 4th Texas Regt.” The 4th Tex Inf was part of Hood’s Brigade Army of Northern Virginia. Pvt Robert A. Sullivan of Co F is listed as Killed-in-Action at Gaines Mills (Va) 6/27/1862. Since he posted this letter in Louisiana in Feb 1862, he was most likely on his way to join his unit since the regiment was already in Virginia at that time. This is currently the only recorded example of this fancy cancel. The stamp with the cancel was cropped from this cover and used as the listing illustration (AC-10) on Page 375 of the new CSA Catalog. The cropped stamp is also illustrated on Page 352 of the Collector's Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. Very Fine Cover. Ex-Skinner.

SOLD $1,500.00