PAT335

Stars and Bars Patriotic Cover in full color Type F11-8 with the "T" for "Tennessee" with Verse 20 ("Land of the South!..."). Handcarried outside the postal system "Politeness of Mr. McKenzie" to Mrs. M. Haley, Purdy, Tenn. With the cover is a Jefferson Davis Medallion Patriotic Lettersheet in Black Type JD-11 (11 Stars in the Flags and 12 Stars in the Sunburst). This is an unlisted variety of the Jefferson Davis Medallion which clearly has 12 stars in the sunburst. The catalog currently does not list a 12-Star variety. The lettersheet also has a previously unrecorded Slogan "Camp Brown, Near Union City, Tennessee." The lettersheet further has Verse 28 ("Now round this gallant leader..."). This item is from the newly discovered 1861 Tennessee Haley (Hailey) Correspondence which was the subject of a The Confederate Philatelist (4th Quarter 2016) article. Click the title "Fort Wright and Camp Brown, Tennessee, Patriotic Covers and Lettersheets" by Conrad L. Bush if you wish to read the article (.pdf format). The article has all the details concerning the correspondence, Camp Brown, and Corp M. R. Haley (Hailey) of Co I 154th Tennessee Volunteers who was the sender of the cover and the letter. The 12 stars in the Jefferson Davis Medallion sunburst was initially overlooked in the original CP article. The letter is a two page fragment with at least one page missing and rough wear along the right edge. The only war reference in the letter fragment is: "…there is no news at present only they mounted the Bully Gun the other day it takes 28 (pounds) powder to load it carrys a ball 134 (pounds) weight its carriage alone which is cast iron weighed 14 tons…" The cover is a FRONT ONLY with repaired upper right ant left corners. The patriotic cover front and the lettersheet are still important items of Confederate Tennessee postal history. The lettersheet with the unlisted Jefferson Davis Medallion variety and the unrecorded slogan will not be separated from the cover front. The two will only be sold together.

$1,800.00 SOLD

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