MSC202

Cover from the General Robert E. Lee Correspondence just recently released by the Lee family. These recently released covers have never before been offered on the philatelic market. This cover is addressed in General Lee's hand to his second daughter Miss Annie Lee, Marlborough, Hanover (Va). No postal markings as the cover was most likely carried by a military courier and did not go through the postal system. Period docketing at the left "14 May 1862" refers to the date of the letter making this a wartime cover. In May 1862, General Lee was in Richmond as the military advisor to President Jefferson Davis. He took command of the Army of Northern Virginia two weeks after this letter to his daughter on 1 JUN 1862. General Lee's daughter, Annie Lee (1839-1862), died of Typhoid Fever in August 1862 a few months after this letter. The cover shows a little wear with sealed tears, an edge fault at the upper right, and a small reduction at the top. Notation at the left in blue crayon is a filing note from the Lee family when the correspondence was organized by the family some years ago. The letters were not released, only the 19 covers recently sold at auction. This was the only one I was able to acquire. A rare opportunity to own a newly released cover with a direct connection to General Robert E. Lee.

$1,250.00 SOLD

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