GA1192

CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 23 (4-Margin) and CSA #5 (4-Margin ) used in combination to make the 15c 3x rate. To the left is the Cumming, Ga CDS (Forsyth County) 7 JUN (1862). The stamps are manuscript canceled with what looks to be initials "D" and "B." This is consistent with the name of the Confederate postmaster of Cumming, Ga William D. Bentley. Addressed to Messer E. Steadman & Co., Lawrenceville, Ga. The cover is a little oversized at 7 3/4" x 3" and is a Folded Letter Complete which accurately dates the cover. The letter is a business letter dealing with the sale of salt. A typed transcript of the letter is included. The folded letter is certainly not heavy enough to account for the 3x rate. But that mystery is solved by the first line of the letter "I enclose your certificate for forty-eight sacks of your salt..." There was an enclosure, which is no longer present, which accounted for the additional weight. Cover shows some edge wear with a small piece missing at top center and at the upper right corner. These small faults are unobtrusive with the letter folded. Internal folds have been reinforced with nearly invisible archival tape. The cover is otherwise clean and can definitely be exhibited as it is. Very nice stamps. CSA Certificate 2006.

$1,250.00

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