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CSA #1 Stone 2 Position 44 (94) (4-Margin with large lower sheet margin) Pen-Cancel and the large balloon Mossy Creek Augusta Co(unty), Va CDS to the left 19 FEB (1862). Addressed to Mrs. S. Clayton, Deerfield Augusta Co., Va. One of only three towns known with the county name in the postmark -- the other two are Marble Works Pickens Co, Ga and Wheelock Robertson (County), Texas. One of only three recorded covers with this Mossy Creek, Va County postmark. The postmark cropped from this cover is illustrated on Page 363 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. Very Fine Cover. Ex-Morris Everett.

SOLD $2,500.00