NE9

Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside) CSA #7 Horz Pair (margins tight on three sides) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6d 26 APR 1863. "Confederate States of America Treasury Department" Semi-Official Imprint Type TD-02 with "De La Rue & Co. London" embossed imprint under a side flap. Addressed to B. C. Purdy, Asst Treas, Charleston SC. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #9 T-E-N (3 large margins but touches at the top) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 5 MAY (1863) to Rev James P. Boyce, Greenville SC. Period receiving docketing at the left confirms 1863 use which is an early use for this stamp less than two weeks after the Earliest Known Use. James Petigru Boyce (1827-1888) was a prominent Southern Baptist pastor and a founder of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville SC which opened in 1859. Very scarce cover with the T-E-N stamp used on an Adversity Turned Cover with a Semi-Official Imprint. The cover is complete and can be unfolded and has not been cut for display. Few flap folds have been reinforced from the inside with nearly invisible archival tape. Very Clean Cover. Ex-Ferrari Collection.

$1,800.00

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