SR37

CSA #1 Two Singles paying a double weight rate Stone 1 (not plated) (margins close) tied to each other and to the cover by the New Orleans, La CDS 2 APR (1861). The cover did originate in New Orleans. The cover is dated about three weeks prior to the fall of the city to the Union. Addressed to A. McLeod Jr Esq, Garvins Ferry, Mississippi. Routing instruction at lower left "via Care Steamboat Argo Vicksburg, Miss." Garvins Ferry was a crossing of the Sunflower River in Sunflower County, Mississippi, which no longer exists. If there was a post office there, it is not recorded. The Sunflower River was a tributary of the Yazoo River, and the Yazoo joined the Mississippi north of Vicksburg. The Argo (built 1856) was a packet which operated on the Vicksburg - Yazoo River run and connected with New Orleans packets but did not go to New Orleans herself. The routing instruction indicates that the cover originated in New Orleans and made its way to Vicksburg (most likely by an unnamed packet) where it was to be connected with the Argo at Vicksburg for the Yazoo River run to its final destination on the Sunflower River. In May 1863, the Argo was burned by the Confederates in a small bayou of the Sunflower River to prevent capture by the Union. The Argo is not listed as a Confederate packet in the new CSA catalog. The cover is also an Advertising Cover with a printed corner card upper left "--tle, Noble, & Co., New Orleans, La."  Cover reduced a bit at left where it was opened into the advertising. Some edge wear but still clean and very presentable. Ex-Finney (a collector active in the 1940's).  Scarce Confederate packet boat cover.

$750.00 SOLD

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