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Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside): “Paid 10”
manuscript with a full strike of the Forest Depot, Va rimless CDS 12 AUG
(1863) addressed to Mrs. Ester Randolph, Lye River W(are) House Nelson
Co., Va. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #9 T-E-N (4-Margin with part of the
adjacent stamp visible at the bottom and a very minor light crease) on the
back used to seal the backflap but not damaged in opening and
Pen-Canceled. The small single rim Nelsons Station, Va CDS is on the
face of the second usage 18 OCT (1863) addressed to Dr. R. C. Randolph,
Millwood Clarke Co., Va Care of Capt William N. Nelson, New Market
Shenandoah. William N. Nelson (1825-1894) was Captain of the Nelson
Rifles (Co C 2nd Va Inf) and was severely wounded at 1st Manassas
(7/21/1861). He was discharged 5/18/1862 as a direct result of his wounds.
The addressee had a son (Robert Carter Randolph Jr) in the same unit who
was wounded at Chancellorsville (5/3/1863) and later killed at Cedar Creek,
Va (10/19/1864). Very Fine light coarse paper homemade adversity cover
with an uncommon turned usage with a T-E-N stamp.
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