RR88

Stampless PAID cover from the Rives Correspondence with an excellent strike of the Cobham VA C RR (Virginia Central Railroad) CDS 30 MAY 1861 (two days prior to the establishment of the Confederate Postal Service) and manuscript "Paid 3." A partial very weak second strike of the same CDS is at the left. Addressed to Mrs. Alfred L. Rives Care of James B. Macmurdo, Richmond, Va. USA Used in CSA Virginia Railroad Cover which is CSA Catalog Unlisted. Receiving docketing at the left "Mamma May 29th 1861." Sealed edge tear at the right upper corner with just a little light staining at the same location. Overall a very clean appearing cover and a significant rarity. Ex-Hannen CSA Railroad Collection. Alfred Landon Rives (1830-1903) in December 1861 as a Captain was the Acting Chief of the Engineer Bureau in Richmond. He was promoted Major in September 1862, Lt Col May 1863, and Col March 1864. He served in Richmond mainly as the second ranking officer in the Engineer Bureau. The Rives Correspondence is well known and contains many of the known Cobham railroad postmarks. James Brown Macmurdo (1806-1867), mentioned in the addressed, was not associated with the Engineer Department but was instead Capt Rives' father-in-law.

$850.00

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