| MS313 |
CSA #3 (margin close
at the top and small faults) with a light pen cancel used as a Canton, Miss Drop Letter
without the Canton postmark. Handstamp NOV on the face of
the cover is a Canton mark. The
cover is a folded telegram complete on the printed South Western
Telegraph Company telegram form datelined “By Telegraph from Mobile Oct
10, 1864.” Telegram was sent from Mobile to
Canton and then
posted as a Drop Letter in Canton addressed to Maj Wofford, Canton
(Miss). The stamp was used to seal the folded
telegram. Major
Jefferson L. Wofford (later Lt Col and Col) (1834-1911) at this time
was a commissary officer on the staff of Lt Gen Stephen D. Lee who
commanded Hood’s former corps in the Army of Tennessee. The
telegram
reads “At what price will you haul a lot of tobacco say fifty-five
hundred pounds from Canton to Shreveport Dr Richardson refers me to
you. J J Creed 25pd.” The price for the telegram was
appparently 25c.
Most unusual usage telegram drop letter which is not listed in the
Warren 2c Green census. The item had significant condition
problems
but has since been professionally restored and is ready to exhibit.
CSA Certificate 2009 which pictures the cover prior to
restoration. |
$2,500.00 |
JLKCSA@aol.com
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