RR85

CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by a better than average strike of the Bristol V & T RR (Virginia and Tennessee Railroad) dateless railroad postmark. Period docketing dates the cover to 12 MAY 1864. Spectacular double railroad Adversity Cover made from a printed yellow paper illustrated railroad schedule (picture of a train on the inside) for the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. Addressed to R. J. Lowry, Atlanta, Georgia. The addressee was a prominent banker in Atlanta. Part of top back flap missing, but still an exceptionally fine double railroad adversity cover which is a significant rarity. Displays very well flapped up from the lower left. Ex-Herman Herst, Ex-Hannen CSA Railroad Collection.

$1,750.00

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