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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside): CSA #2 Paterson (Pos 1 stamp with
small sheet margins left and top but just in at the bottom) tied by the
Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3f 6 NOV 1862 to Mount Crawford, Va.
2nd Use (outside): Handstamp Due 10 with the Culpeper CH, Va CDS
Dietz Type I 22 MAR (1863) but no soldier’s endorsement and addressed to
Miss M. E. Grattan, Mt Crawford Rockingham, Va. The cover is from a
known correspondence, and the second use was sent by Peter Grattan 1st Va Cav to his
sister. There were two other brothers (Robert and George Grattan) in the
same regiment. Peter Grattan was wounded at Spotsylvania Court House, Va 5/7/1864 and
died of his wounds two days later. The family letters are in the archives at the University of
North Carolina. Very clean appearing orange paper cover (minor repairs
only to the backflap) with the lower right corner flapped up to display the
stamp from the inside usage.
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$300.00 |
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