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Goodson Oct Straight Line Second State -- CSA #11c (AD Greenish Blue margin touches at right) tied to full cover by an excellent strike of the Goodson (Virginia) Oct (1863) Straight Line cancel (SL-03B). “Sept” replaced by “Oct” is the second state of the Goodson Straight Line of which only five examples have been currently recorded with this being the only one on a full cover to our knowledge (CLB, JLK). Light brown coarse paper cover addressed to Mrs. Mary E. Douglas, Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. Very Clean Cover. The stamp with the straight line postmark was cropped from this cover and used as the listing illustration (SL-03B) on Page 376 of the new CSA Catalog. The three states of the Goodson Straight Line cancel was published (Bush) in the Confederate Philatelist Jan-Feb 1994 issue. This cover is also illustrated on Page 340 of the Collector's Guide to Confederate Philately Second Edition. CSA Certificate 1993.

SOLD $1,500.00