SR9

USA #26 (pair and single paying triple weight rate) and tied to cover by a somewhat weak but recognizable strike of the scarce BLUE "Steamer Vicksburg" oval handstamp. Period docketing at left dates the cover to 5 MAR 1861 US Mail Service in Confederate Mississippi. Addressed to G. Malin Davis Esqr., Natchez. Routing "Pr Vicksburg" at lower left. The cover was placed as a loose letter on the federal mail packet Vicksburg somewhere on the Mississippi River at either a landing or a plantation. The "Steamer Vicksburg" handstamp was applied to cancel the stamps by a federal route agent on board the steamer before the cover was delivered to Natchez. The Vicksburg (built 1857) would soon become a Confederate packet until destroyed by the Union in February 1863. Few minor sealed edge tears and a missing top back flap. Still a very presentable and clean cover of exhibitable quality. CSA Certificate 2006.

$1,500.00 SOLD

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