SR41

CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Mobile, Ala CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Miss Mary E. Matthews Care of Mr Wm Hester, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama River System Steamboat Cover with steamboat routing manuscript at lower left "per Steamer Sumter." Tuscaloosa is on the Black Warrior River. The Sumter (built 1860 and sent to Mobile) is listed in the new CSA catalog as a known Confederate packet boat but without recorded covers. Now there is a recorded cover. This is also a Turned Cover with an inside use (missing stamp) showing a partial Tuscaloosa, Ala CDS addressed to Gaston, Sumter Co., Ala. Missing top back flap but a very clean overall appearance. Scarce Mobile - Tombigbee - Black Warrior Rivers (river route from Mobile to Tuscaloosa) Steamboat Cover.

$400.00 SOLD

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