BE77

CSA #12 (AD) (margin close at the top) tied by an excellent strike of the rimless Brownsville, Tex CDS 6 MAR 1864. Addressed to Dr. G. Lincecum, Long Point, Washington Co., Texas. The cover is a folded letter but the first page of the letter is missing (torn away). The letter is signed R. B. Hannay. Gideon Lincecum (1795-1874) was a prominent physician, historian, explorer, and naturalist. His correspondence with R. B. Hanny is a known correspondence as Lincecum’s large number of letters have been published in book form. R. B. Hanny was an Englishman who was visiting his brother on the lower Brazos when the war started and was essentially stranded in the area and could not return to England. Lincecum and Hannay carried out a correspondence 1861-1868. This fragment of a letter contains some interesting comments from Hanny (described as a spiritualist, poet, and hater of slavery) such as “...a Jew merchant told me the only difference between the Yankees and the Confederates was the one were thieves and the other robbers...” and so on. The stamp with the postmark was cropped from this cover and used as an illustration on Page 349 of the Collector’s Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition.   Very Fine Appearance.

SOLD $650.00