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Goodson Straight Line Third State -- CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin with edge tear at upper right in the margin only) tied to full cover by the Goodson (Virginia) Straight Line cancel (SL-03C) without the month (third state). The address is in faded light pencil and the lower left corner of the cover has been repaired. Excellent strike of the cancel. This state is the one most often seen as it was used from Nov 1863 into 1864 with more than 30 known examples. The stamp with the straight line postmark was cropped from this cover and used as the listing illustration (SL-03C) 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.

SOLD $500.00